Imperialism can be defined as, "the political, social, and/or economic take over of one group of people, generally non-white, by another group of people, generally white. ... Social reasons make up the third justification for imperialism. ... The social causes of imperialism are generally the least logical of the three causes. ... It was a giant land rush, and social Darwinism was set in place. ...

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