President Hindenburg pushed for the institution of the Reichstag Fire Decree in response to a Communist act toward the state building. What may have been the outcome if the Reichstag Fire Decree had not been instituted, suspending judicial process for political opponents? A. Hitler would likely have won the presidency in the next German election.

B. The president would have been assassinated by agents from the Soviet Union.

C. Another political party may have survived to push back against the Nazis.

D. Citizens of Germany might have had their rights to a fair trial jeopardized.

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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