In the decades before the new imperialism
a. the Caribbean sugar trade and the output of Central and South American mines declined.
b. advocates of free trade argued that commerce was more profitable than new colonial expansion.
c. industrialization in Europe drew more countries from around the world into the European commercial system.
d. Western ideas and technology continued to spread even without the expansion of political empires.
e. all of the above
e
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A) There is not enough rainfall. B) The soil is not fertile. C) Much of the area is covered by rain forest. D) Most of the land is too hilly to farm.
The Concert of Europe was
A) the rise of Romanticism in music in the late nineteenth century. B) a quadruple alliance between Austria, Britain, Prussia, and Russia that would use diplomacy to force changes in boundaries or social systems. C) the result of the Congress of Vienna, the redrawing of European boundaries to the Peace of Westphalia. D) the alliance between Germany, Prussia, and Russia to control European trade. E) None of these
In his book, On Heroes and Hero-Worship, Thomas Carlyle presented ________ as the embodiment of the hero as prophet
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ulysses S. Grant served as the influential editor of the New York Tribune during the Civil War
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.