Most Historians Today Would Agree That Late-Nineteenth-Century European Imperialism

question 23

Multiple Choice

Most historians today would agree that late-nineteenth-century European imperialism:

• A) was driven by European capitalist development.
• B) was drive by economic needs, territorial conflict, and nationalism.
• C) was a completely new phenomenon on the European historical stage.
• D) served mostly as a means to quiet class conflict at home.
• E) was guided primarily by European banking and financial interests.

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