When did the sisters of charity begin their programs? a. late 1600s b. early 1800s c. early 20th century d. post-wwii

I’d have to say the early 1800’s, so maybe B

The correct answer is B) the early 1800s.

The Sisters of Charity began their programs in the early 1800s.

The Sisters of Charity were a Catholic congregation founded in Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1806. Elizabeth Ann Seton was one of the founders. Originally, the Daughters of Charity were founded in France, in the 1600s.

The Sisters performed charity acts in different regions of the United States but its role became prominent during the Civil War. They provided nursing services to wounded soldiers in the hospitals adapted in the battlefield and also helped prisoners of war.

d. the right to establish a one-house legislature

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

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