One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to (4) obtain markets for their manufactured goods. They launched a new period of colonial expansion, thus discovering new markets.
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How were Akbar and Suleyman alike? Both promoted religious tolerance. Both created efficient governments. Both were skilled military generals.
Answer: 1) one state party that monopolizes all the power (there is no pluralism within society), 2) strong indoctrination in all parts of society and organized by the ministry of information/culture/propaganda (and its apparatus), 3) cenzorship, 4) repressive apparatus, 5) society is "closed" (meaning of "closed society": Karl R. Popper), 6) there must be some official myth turned both to the past and future
Explanation: my answer has to do with the political practice and not with the theory. In fact there were no Communist societies/regimes in this world. There were just 1) Communist philosophies, 2) Communist parties, 3) official Communist propaganda. In spite of all that there are still Communist parties and Communists. Perhaps there are even Marxist historians. Communism has to do with a belief we humans usually have (also thanks to Enlightenment): that each idea can be put into practice. Communist experiment can be viewed as a useful but not successful attempt to put Communist ideas into practice.
<u>1) What was the impact of the sinking of the USS Maine?</u>
The impact was the beginning of the Spanish-American War in April 25, 1898.
The sinking of the USS Maine occurred on 15 February 1898 in Havana harbor (Cuba), killing 260 officers and men on board. The ship had suddenly blown up. The U.S. battleship was there in support of Cubans revolution against Spanish.
Though no one really knew for sure that the battle was exploded by Spanish, many blamed the European country to do so. Such belief was also widely spread by the yellow press led by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, proprietors of the New York Journal and the New York World.
<u>2) What was the impact of the sinking of the Lusitania?</u>
The event started to turn American public opinion against Germany, which contributed to the U.S. enter in WWI two years later, on the side of the Allies.
The sinking of Lusitania, a 32,000-ton ship that was carrying about 173 tons of war munitions for Britain, was hit by a torpedo sent by Germans on May 7, 1915. It resulted in the death of more than 1000 people. Though afterward, Germany apologized, it later continued to cause the sinking of several ships more, and in April 1917 the U.S. entered the war.
A racially segregated army regiment that was permitted to integrate with a French fighting force. They were highly decorated, discrediting the segregation of troops.
