Read the following excerpt from british poet rudyard kipling's "the white man's burden," written in 1899. what does the excerpt suggest about european imperialism during the late 19th century? take up the white man's burden— the savage wars of peace— fill full the mouth of famine and bid the sickness cease; and when your goal is nearest the end for others sought, watch sloth and heathen folly bring all your hopes to nought. — rudyard kipling a. europeans hoped to fight in wars to rid the world of "savage" foreigners. b. europeans planned to use famine and disease as weapons against conquered peoples. c. europeans believed that foreign peoples would benefit from being conquered. d. europeans believed in foreign peoples fight wars against imperial powers.

The correct answer is C. This excerpt from British poet Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden" suggests that Europeans believed that foreign peoples would benefit from being conquered.

The White Man's Burden is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. Although the poem has deeper nuances, a direct reading was popularized from the dominant points of view at the time, justifying as a noble enterprise, an ungrateful and altruistic obligation (even a sacred mission in the missionary sense), the domination of the "white man" over those defined as "inferior races".

Apparently, in a superficial reading, the subject is a rhetorical mandate to the white man to colonize the other races for the benefit of these same, being their "burden" both the task and the people themselves to colonize. Because of this issue, as well as the resounding title, it soon became an emblem of colonial rule and Eurocentrism.

in 1862, president lincoln's emancipation proclamation opened the door for african americans to enlist in the union army. although many had wanted to join the war effort earlier, they were prohibited from enlisting by a federal law dating back to 1792.

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