How did major technological changes in the West help drive imperialism during the nineteenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The machine gun as a decisive weapon in colonial military conflicts
2. Steamboats, which allowed European imperial expeditions to move up rivers to penetrate further inland
3. Railroads' support of both military action and the more efficient exploitation of resources
4. Successful combatting of tropical diseases, which greatly improved conditions for imperial administrators and military forces
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a. Jim Crow b. Robert Smalls c. Henry McNeal Turner d. George H. White
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What will be an ideal response?
Some free black farmers supported Daniel Shays who led a rebellion in western Massachusetts to protest __________
A) liquor laws B) rising costs of farm equipment C) governmental price-fixing of agricultural goods D) taxes
Which of the Six Nations did Joseph Brant belong to?
a) Seneca b) Mohawk c) Oneida d) Cayuga e) Onondaga