Question

5 multiple choice 1 point one factor that motivated us imperialism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the.... closing of china to all foreign trade support of international peacekeeping operations development of closer political ties with european nations belief that americans had the obligation to spread democracy and christianity to \uncivilized\ places

Explanation:

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the idea of "Manifest Destiny" was extended to overseas territories. Americans had a sense of cultural and racial superiority. They believed they had an obligation to spread what they saw as "superior" values like democracy and Christianity to areas they considered "uncivilized". China was not closed to all foreign trade (it had the Open - Door Policy influenced by foreign powers). International peacekeeping was not a motivation for imperialism. Closer political ties with European nations was not the main driving force compared to the ideological and expansionist belief of spreading their own systems.

Answer:

Belief that Americans had the obligation to spread democracy and Christianity to "uncivilized" places.