Around 1900, about 80 percent of russians worked as 1. merchants trading with colonies in asia 2. enterepreneurs looking for new investments 3. farmers living in poverty 4. factory laborers working in bad conditions

At the time of the brown v. board of education decision, schools were segregated everywhere in the country. several states had laws requiring segregated schools. schools in nearly every state has been desegregated. segregation was common in the north, but not in the south.

After the success of the sputnik launch, the united states feared that they would never be able to launch their own satellite, the ussr had used technology developed by the united states, the soviets had superior nuclear capabilities, that any future us satellites would not be as successful.

The term 'white man's burden" refers to the difficulty of converting colonists to christianity. the belief that europe had a duty to civilize other people. the conviction that white people were superior to all others. the struggle to survive in an increasingly industrialized world.