The correct answer is b.
Neo-Confucianism emphasized self-discipline, filial piety, and obedience to the ruler which paralleled the Ming and Qing emperors' goal of maintaining a stable empire.
Had gotten 828 thousand square miles for 15 million dollars. Translates to 4 cents per acre and it is known as the best land deal in history especially since no one died to fight over it. It also jump started manifest destiny and the desire to explore more western territory.
It was for immigration mainly in late 1800's and early 1900's
He would claim that it was proof of superiority. Social Darwinism is an idea that people or countries who succeed in life and who become rich did so because they could adapt to the environment and that those who are poor are inferior to them because they couldn't. In country leading, the idea is that the countries that became wealthy were superior and thus easily became rich while poor countries are inferior in their opinions.
The renaissance was a period in European history,from the 14th to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history.