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

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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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Satyagraha means "hold fast to the truth," or non-violence

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

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Theodore Roosevelt dispatched the ____________________ to Tokyo after negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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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.

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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.

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