DIRECTIONS: Essay Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. "What, then, shall that language (of education in India) be? [Some] maintain that it should be the
English. The other half strongly recommend the Arabic and Sanscrit. (sic) The whole question
seems to me to be, which language is the best worth knowing?... It is, I believe, no
exaggeration to say, that all the historical information which has been collected from all the
books written in the Sanscrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the most
paltry abridgements (short textbooks) used at preparatory schools in England."
. --Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Lord Macaulay's Minute" 1835
21. Although rule by the British brought peace and stability to India, the Indian people also suffered under
the British. Analyze what the above quotation implies about the way the British treated the Indian
people. Then explain how most people would react to such treatment. Think of how the British might
have avoided the Indian people's reactions and give one or two examples.
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22. Explain why the United States sent military forces to Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama, Colombia, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic in the early 1900s. Compare this with today's
reasons for sending U. S. military troops to foreign countries.