FULL ANSWER<span>The ultimate goal of imperialism is control. Imperial nations gain control of dependent territories through various methods. Certain nations may use economic means, such as state-mandated tariffs, to exercise control over a segment of a population. Imperialist regimes maintain political control eliminating voting or by placing only select candidates on the ballot.Other imperialist societies use ethnocentric methods of control, in which the cultural and ethnic practices of people groups in the dependent territories are seen as inferior. Religious methods include conversion of dependent people groups to the predominant religion of the imperialist regime.</span>
B. Robert E. Lee chose to lead Confederate forces out of loyalty to his state.<span>
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‘Precious Metals
he discovery of large quantities of gold and silver in the New World made precious metals a key export from New Spain. This changed the history of the world economy. For instance, when precious metals entered Spain, this inflow drove up the Spanish price level and caused a balance of payments deficit.
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be that it influenced all of the following except "his southern base", since he actually went against the ideals of the South in pushing for Civil Rights legislation.</span></span>