Read the Rudyard Kipling poem, "The White Man's Burden" (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Rudyard Kipling on the White Man's Burden). In what ways does Kipling express the cultural and philosophical foundations of European imperialism?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary
You might also like to view...
The most critical question that emerged in the aftermath of the War with Mexico was:
A. What course the South would take if northerners continued to press the slavery question B. What to do about slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico C. How to limit the president's vaguely defined war powers D. How much to pay Mexico for the territory acquired by force
The King's fortress in Paris, which a mob stormed on July 14, 1789, touching off a wave of riots throughout France, was
A) Chartres. B) St. Denis. C) the Bastille. D) the Louvre. E) the Tuileries.
In 1975, Secretary of State Kissinger persuaded Israel and Egypt to accept which of the following?
a. Egyptian withdrawal from the Golan Heights and an end to the building of Israeli settlements in occupiedlands b. Egyptian withdrawal from Jerusalem and Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank c. Egyptian recognition of Israel's existence as a nation and an end to hostilities d. A United Nations peacekeeping force in the Sinai
An example of the psychological stress caused by the Great Depression was the rise in the number of.
a) Children who were malnourished b) People who committed suicide c) Women who worked outside the home d) Men who stood in bread lines