Americans disagree widely in their assessment of the Obama administration. While some believe they see a reincarnation of the New Deal, others associate the first black president with the rights revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s. Still others note continuities between the Reagan administration and the new breed of Democrat represented by Barack Obama. Evaluate and assess these different historical lineages and formulate your own conclusion as to which characterization has most merit.

many women had to remain at home while husbands found work.

explanation:

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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a widespread disease that killed many people

the split of the christian church

invasion from arab muslims

the two atomic bombs dropped on japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today. the uranium bomb detonated over hiroshima on 6 august 1945 had an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tonnes of tnt.