"the terrorist <span>attacks on the United States" would be the best option from the list since communism was already on the fall and the US had just suffered a terrorist attack in New York City. </span>
European colonization of Africa was mainly due to its need for raw material.
The invasion, territorial split, colonization and annexation of African territories during the period of the New Imperialism was know as The race for Africa, period which protracted from the 1880s to the beginning of World War I.
By the early twentieth century much of Africa, except Ethiopia and Liberia, had been colonized by European powers, despite the resistance Africa put up against the attempt to colonize their countries.
The correct answer is:
a. A newspaper reporter who covered the Reagan presidency.
I believe a newspaper would be the most reliable source of information, because newspaper reporters tend to be subjected to higher standard of journalism. Even though it's true that bias would still exist depending on the journalist who wrote the coverages, they are the most trusted sources compared to other people in the options above.
About as much as 60% of the indentured servants would die before being able to complete their contracts (which was often of 5 years). Although at first, some men were still able to claim some land after the years of work, in the 1660s, most of the good land was already claimed by large land owners. After Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, planters decided to stick with slavery instead of using the system that allowed them to abuse workers and become rich (by using a system that abused a person during that person's whole lifespan).
