Describe the role that racism played in the emergence of America as a world power. Include the influence of the ideas of American exceptionalism, Anglo-Saxonism, and Social Darwinism
What will be an ideal response?
The idea of being a chosen (exceptional) people is deeply rooted in American history. Social Darwinists loaned the concept scientific "proof" ("natural selection," "fittest"), and Anglo-Saxon supremacists assumed the responsibility of taking up the White Man's Burden of dominating and uplifting "inferior" (non-white) peoples. They assumed that it was their duty and their destiny.
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Theodore Roosevelt dispatched the ____________________ to Tokyo after negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Schuyler Colfax, Grant's vice president,
A. was fired by Grant for incompetence. B. was involved in a stock-fixing scandal. C. was assassinated by a disgruntled former plantation owner. D. opposed almost every one of Grant's policies. E. None of these answers is correct.
In 1968, George Wallace ran for president
A. to draw attention to his opposition to segregation. B. based on a variety of conservative grievances. C. as a Democrat. D. until he was wounded in an assassination attempt. E. as a critic of the war in Vietnam.