Study the graph showing GDP in the US. A line graph titled G D P Growth in the U S. The x-axis is labeled Year from 2004 to 2014. The y-axis is labeled Percent Growth from negative 4 to 6. 2004 is at 4 percent. 2006 is around 3 percent. 2007 is at 2 percent. 2009 is under negative 2 percent. 2010 is at 2 percent. 2012 is at 2 percent. 2014 is over 2 percent.

What conclusion can be drawn about the US economy as a whole between 2006 and 2009?

It remained level.
It declined steadily.
It wavered in growth.
It rose from a downturn.

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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education was essential to the former slaves during reconstruction simply because it enabled their integration into the mainstream community.