Europeans had a duty to introduce the benefits of their civilization to non-European peoples is the statement which best expresses the Western perspective regarding Rudyard Kipling's "white man's burden".
Option b
<u>Explanation:</u>
The White Man's Burden is a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling, which is based on American and European Imperialism. It represents the time during which America changed its foreign policy and expand. According to this poem, the Americans and Europeans considered themselves as the superior race, whose job is to enlighten the path of other inferior races.
They also believed that it was their duty to improve the lives of the people living under their control by civilizing them.
Hence, alternative B correctly represents the western perspective.
Many Americans followed the Lincoln-Douglas debates as it discussed several important points of American Politics and would also shape the future of the course of American Politics and policies.
Explanation:
- Slavery was a big issue in the States and after the independence, Abraham Lincoln was the first President who waged a political war for the complete abolition of slavery.
- Douglas, on the other hand, gave the territories the freedom to choose if they wanted to keep on having slavery or not unlike Lincoln.
- There were a total of seven debates in between Lincoln and Douglas where afterwards Abraham Lincoln won the elections and subsequently abolished slavery for once and all.
- The win of Abraham Lincoln was also supported by the majority of the Americans and soon after America emerged as one of the biggest Republics and a politically powerful nation closely watched by the Americans.
Answer:
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Explanation:
Christopher Columbus and his fellow colonists enslaved the Native inhabitants of the West Indies.
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