The major factor in the push by Europe (and the United States) for new overseas colonies in the late-nineteenth century was
a. A need for more slaves
b. A desire to spread Christianity
c. A need to dominate darker-skinned peoples
d. Excess capital that needed investment outlets abroad
e. The desire to spread democracy
d
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The Japanese launched an air attack on the United States on December 7, 1941 at the U.S. naval base of ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The object of William Howard Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" was to
A) ?? use federal funds to buy access into South American countries. B) ?? advance American commercial interests abroad. C) ?? encourage countries to invest in the U.S. stock market. D) ?? persuade European governments to cooperate in making financial decisions. E) ?? bribe Chinese officials to obtain concessions for American businessmen.
In "Democratic Protest and Repression in China," the most important concern appears to be ________
A) protecting the demonstrators rights B) ending the demonstrations by any means necessary C) restoring public order D) punishing the leaders of the demonstrations
How was the art of the Later Middle Ages important as a valuable source to understanding the attitude towards death?
A) It attempts to explain how men and women of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries thought about death. B) It illustrates the good and bad death motif of the time. C) A lingering death allowed the dying person a time to atone for hisher sins. D) Judgment scenes depicted saints or the Virgin Mary contending for the soul of the dying. E) All of the above.