W.T. Stead

question 56

Multiple Choice

W.T. Stead:

• A) accurately predicted the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
• B) claimed American world power in the twentieth century would rest in part on the spread of American culture.
• C) expressed grave concern over the growth of America's military and its seizure of new territory.
• D) was discredited as a hack with the publication of The Americanization of the World.

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