4) African economies became dependent on the sale of cash crops and raw materials.
The primary motive of British imperialism in China in the nineteenth century was economic. ... Clashes between the Qing government and British merchants ultimately escalated into the infamous Opium Wars. As a result, the British were given the island of Hong Kong and trading rights in the ports of Canton and Shanghai.
The island of hope.
Some were escaping bad treatment because of their religion. Others were looking for better jobs. For some, food was scarce and their homeland.
<span>That tension came to a head in Korea. Overshadowed by WWII, the Korean War has often been called America's "forgotten war," though like Vietnam it was part of a larger Cold War struggle to extinguish communism. In 1950, North Korean communist troops invaded South Korea, which was an American ally.</span>
