19th century: The American expansion was guided by the concept of <em>Manifest Destiny</em>, being that the people of the time believed it was their fate to expand and colonize the rest of the territory (that became what is now the U.S.), whilst pushing forward their virtues and institutions, with the urge to do so being irresistible to them.
20th century: The expansion of this period (that actually started in the final years of the century before) was called <em>Imperialism</em>, where the idea of gaining overseas territories, expanding American influence on international market by expanding their industry and trade.
Similarities and differences: In both periods there was an interest in expanding American territories, although the ideologies behind those movements where different: in the former the belief of forming a great country through force of will was their core motive; conflicts with other nations and cultures were consequences rather than the motif. In the later the economic and power interest where the reasons for doing so; the expansion had many morally questionable sub-tones, such as racism and an exaggerated me-before-you approach to all, with conflict and war being promoted by one president of the time (Theodore Roosevelt).
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<u>Answer</u>:
Islam influenced East Africa in many ways.
<u>Explanation</u>:
By mid-seventeenth century, Islam was already spread in northern Africa after prophet Muhammad moved from 'Mecca' to 'Medina' with his followers. By 18th and 19th century, Arab traders and travellers started spreading Islam across Africa's east coast. After this, they started moving to western and central Sudan.
Mosques were established as a result of Muslim merchants. In the territories they originated from, the refugees had connections and thus trade soared. Africa had Ivory, gold and the Arabs had Yemeni textiles, Omani pearls, and Arabian incense. Thus, there was a three-way trade which involved spices from India's southwest coast and silk from China.
