While European powers abolished slavery in African colonies, they often replaced it with forced labor under concessionary companies and state-backed infrastructure projects.

The Panama Canal was originally a U.S. idea, motivated primarily by economic ties to Central America.

Which of the following innovations was most closely associated with the Second Industrial Revolution?   

Please write a thoughtful answer to one of the following essay questions, making an argument based on evidence. Your answer should be at least 250 words long. Discuss the relationships between European states and non-European lands during the years 1848-1914, in their political, economic, demographic dimensions. Trace the history of technological developments from 1848-1914, assessing their impacts on society. Why did Europe wait so long to build colonies in Africa? Assess the contributions of these colonies to the economies of European colonial powers and to their military affairs during the First World War. Discuss the cultural flowering of the late 19th century—opera, realism, impressionism, symbolism—represent the height of European civilization or the first cracks in its certainty? Discuss the origins of the Italian state and the challenges this new nation state faced. Discuss the causes of the First World War and its unfolding. Discuss the situation of European Jews in the late nineteenth century. To what extent was Europe, on the eve of the First World War, essentially a traditional society — culture, economics, politics? To what extent had the older structures of society given way to new forms?

The Chartists succeeded in getting Parliament to adopt most of their demands by the 1850s, including universal male suffrage and annual elections.

If the temperature is 10. °C, what is the corresponding temperature on the Fahrenheit scale?

In this reaction, what is the correct coefficient for oxygen gas? ? H2(g) + ? O2(g) → ? H2O(g)

The physician orders acetaminophen 375 mg for a child weighing 31 pounds. The safe dose range for acetaminophen is 10-15 mg/kg/dose. What is the safe dose range for this child?  Is this a safe dose for this child? (Round to nearest whole number)

An order has been placed for your infant patient that weighs 1500 grams.  Penicillin IV, the normal dosage is 25mg/kg/day. What is the correct dosage for this child per day? (round to nearest 10th)

Which of the following quality tests are performed on a daily basis?1.    Visual inspection2.    Plate reader inspection3.    Monitor QC