The west mainly relied on trains for transportation to battles and things.
Explanation:
He says his poem is "a pot full of yellow corn/ to warm your belly in winter." The speaker is using a metaphor, because he isn't saying his poem is like a pot full of corn, he is saying it is a pot full of corn. ... The cold imagery in these lines points to a motif that is repeating in the poem.
This was in the period of the great depression
3 main reasons for imperialism:
raw materials:caused imperialism because nations wanted to gain raw materials for their newly developed factories
manufactured goods:caused imperialism because nations wanted to gain markets to sell their goods
white man's burden:caused imperialism because nations felt it was their duty to "civilize" the nations in Africa and Asia
Reasons against imperialism:
hypocrisy, America claims government to be chosen by the people
America will now be involved in Asian conflicts