Describe the United States during Martin Luther King, Jr.’s lifetime (early to mid 1900s)

Prior to the presence of europeans on the continent, the slave trade in africa a) did not exist in any form. b) was limited to internal trade only. c) included the trans-saharan and indian ocean slave trade. d) was rarely needed due to the lack of an agricultural economy.

Before the invention of the loom in 1785, textile manufacturing was: a) regulated under the guild system. b) performed by children working in factories. c) produced in rural cottages under a putting-out system. d) conducted by british colonists overseas.

Define the word imperialism. what is your opinion: should the u.s. engage in imperialism? under what circumstances? offer a brief, effective argument against the opinion that you hold.