Question 7 of 15 • NC-World History: Issues and Patterns
The excerpt is from an African American poem called "The Black Man’s Burden.”Pile on the Black Man’s Burden.'Tis nearest at your door;Why heed long bleeding Cuba,or dark Hawaii’s shore?Hail ye your fearless armies,Which menace feeble folksWho fight with clubs and arrowsand brook your rifle’s smoke.–H.T. Johnson, The Black Man’s Burden, 1899What point of view does the poem’s author express?
Answer
A
Cuba and Hawaii could benefit most from imperialism.
B
Imperialist armies are easily repelled by Indigenous armies.