Question

Which choice explains why Social Darwinists would most likely have opposed the Protestant argument for maintaining British rule in India as mentioned in the first paragraph?


They believed that providing non-Europeans with new technologies was more important than improving their moral well-being.

Option A,They believed that providing non-Europeans with new technologies was more important than improving their moral well-being.

A

They were concerned that European settlers would spread Enlightenment ideals in Asia and undermine the work of European Christian missionaries.

Option B,They were concerned that European settlers would spread Enlightenment ideals in Asia and undermine the work of European Christian missionaries.

B

They believed that non-Europeans were biologically inferior to Europeans and not worthy of charity.

Option C,They believed that non-Europeans were biologically inferior to Europeans and not worthy of charity.

Answer 1

Option C.

Social Darwinists argued that races were biologically unequal and opposed efforts to "uplift" non‑Europeans through charity or moral reform—they believed such interventions interfered with natural selection and that non‑Europeans were inferior, so they would reject the Protestant moral‑improvement argument for rule in India.