Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Why imperialism helped and hurt the world




Why imperialism helped the world...

1. Provide the lands to European nations for industrializing.
2. Colonizing of the lands of Africa
3. It helped reduce local warfare in Africa, through colonial rule.

Why imperialism hurt the world...

1. It created the idea of racism, having the Europeans believe that they were better then and superior to others.
2. Africans suffered from a breakdown of their traditional cultures.
3. The social theory Social Darwinism came about, when "survival of the fittest" were applied to social change.

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