Was the idea of the civilizing mission that most imperialists adopted successful in reality? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Civilizing mission trumped by economic desires
1. used it as a way to seize other people's lands and wealth
2. did not benefit the victims of imperialism
a. grasping rule of King Leopold, 8–10 million people in the Congo died
in massacres or from stunningly callous neglect
b. native peoples perished to make room for white empires in the
Americas and Australia
c. in Africa, slavers' womenfolk slaughtered to stop them breeding,
thousands of slaves abandoned to starve when slavers' caravans
were disrupted or destroyed
3. made the effects of natural disasters worse
a. famines of last three decades of the nineteenth century exceeded
all others up to that time for mortality and perhaps on every other
measure of severity
b. worldwide drought, associated with a series of El Niño events,
returned toward the end of 1880s and second half of 1890s
c. thirty million people may have died in India and an equal number in
China
4. humanitarian sentiment, like food, was plentiful in their countries, but they
found no way to turn their surplus of either to practical use in the colonies
a. white imperialists mismanaged dealing with famine
b. native states had handled famine relatively well
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a. A peasant b. A revolutionary c. A middle-class merchant d. A wealthy property owner
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A) ordered states to allow black participation on juries B) declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional C) declared that states could legislate segregation on public transportation D) ordered the desegregation of public schools
Emperor Heraclius never fully reclaimed lands lost to the Persians.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The creation of a closer communication infrastructure that put India's diverse peoples and regions in closer contact with each other was the result of
a. British recruitment of sepoys in the British army. b. an increased number of Indians passing the Indian Civil Service Tests. c. the railroad. d. the growing influence of Hindu traditions. e. continued Indian riots and rebellions.