2. Lobbyist advocate on behalf special interest groups, from ordinary citizens, businesses, and specific animal and environmental issues. Lobbyist use the strength of their finances and
influence to persuade policy makers.
Which of the following special interest groups would be opposed to the elimination of Civil
Rights Act?
a. NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
b. NOW (National Organization of Women)
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
d. AARP (American Association of Retired People)

the answer is b: an economic crisis throughout the country.

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

i

the correct answer is b.