Thought question: A disagreement between states of the United States concerning the rights of states vs. the authority of the national government led to the Civil War. State governments were forced by war into a subservient position. What might happen if national governments ceded their authority to a world government by international treaty? (Counts 20% of your lesson grade.)

Federalism is the distribution of power between the federal government and state ... over the balance of power between national and state governments. ... to act directly on behalf of the people with the authority granted to it by the national ... powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

Explanation:

the new jersey plan most resembles the articles of confederation.

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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