Various motives prompt empires to seek to expand their rule over other countries or territories. These include economic, exploratory, ethnocentric, political, and religious motives. Economic: Imperial governments, and/or private companies under those governments, sought ways to maximize profits. Industrialization and competition with Europe for power were factors that contributed to the growth of European imperialism. The effects of these factors were that they were able to use weaker nations to meet their commercial needs and if they had many colonies they would be grow to be richer and powerful.
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<span>The correct answer is A. Americans could invest in luxury goods like
radios and automobiles, while European economies struggled to rebuild and grow.</span>
Following the end of the First World
War, the American economy boomed and hence the American went on a consumption
spree which was not the case in Europe which was recovering from the war
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