Brutal insensitivity to the needs of indigenous peoples was a hallmark of expansionism; which of the following is not true?
A) The letter from Chief Montwhiwa to Queen Victoria was ignored.
B) Large tracts of land in the French Congo was seized and administrated by private rubber companies.
C) Leopold II mercilessly exploited the Congo, systematically torturing and killing its people.
D) British-led forces slaughtered 20,000 Sudanese at the Battle of Omdurman.
E) An uprising in southwest Africa against German rule led to the killing of approximately 60,000 Herero people.
Ans: A
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