How did American views about race and racial identity shape the nation's development as a world power?
What will be an ideal response?
American racial prejudice allowed the United States to justify its control of colonized people such as the Filipinos. The ideology of social Darwinism and "the white man's burden" summarized the popular sentiment that other races were unable to govern themselves and that it was the duty of white Americans to teach other races their economic, cultural, and spiritual values. The United States, as the "fittest" nation, was destined to be a world power and spread its influence to other, less "fit" cultures.
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a. military and commercial developments. b. literate culture. c. political changes. d. All of these answers are correct.
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a. The way deregulation favors multinational corporations b. Environmental regulations c. Labor unions d. Military dictatorships e. Human rights
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