What was one result of the United States making sure it had enough hard power to protect itself and its allies?
A. The United States began the Marshall Plan.
B. The United States developed the hydrogen bomb.
C. The United States returned to isolationism.
O D. The United States created the Warsaw Pact.

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superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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the principle of popular sovereignty is most closely related to the concept of

democracy