A major <span>justification for european imperialism in the late 19 century was "darwinism," since many people took advantage of the new theory of evolution to claim that it was only "natural" for powerful nations to overcome weaker ones. </span>
Answer:
Politics
Explanation:
The most significant change in the late 18th and early 20th centuries is POLITICS.
This is evident in the major events that occurred and shook or change the world during this period.
For example, the French Revolution of 1789, affected Europe as monarchical and aristocracy style of government were challenged. The effects also reached the American colony, particularly the South and Central America.
Similarly, World War 1 in 1914, changed the course of action in the 20th century, as nations formed alliances, enemies, change style of government, and many more.
On January 29, 1850, the 70-year-old Clay presented a compromise. For eight months members of Congress, led by Clay, Daniel Webster, Senator from Massachusetts, and John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina, debated the compromise. With the help of Stephen Douglas, a young Democrat from Illinois, a series of bills that would make up the compromise were ushered through Congress.
<span>According to the compromise, Texas would relinquish the land in dispute but, in compensation, be given 10 million dollars -- money it would use to pay off its debt to Mexico. Also, the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery. (The decision would be made by the territories' inhabitants later, when they applied for statehood.) Regarding Washington, the slave trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery would still be permitted. Finally, California would be admitted as a free state. To pacify slave-state politicians, who would have objected to the imbalance created by adding another free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.</span>
