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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Leopold send Stanley to rescue after the Berlin Conference?

2. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?

3. What country did Leopold's sister and her husband fail to rule?

4. To prevent desertion from Force Publique, how far away were soldiers stationed from their homes?

5. How did Queen Victoria feel about Leopold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Senator John Tyler Morgan want Leopold's claim to the Congo recognized?

2. Why did Stanley agree to enter into business dealings with King Leopold?

3. What did the international organizations Leopold established and then dissolved do?

4. What happened to the young white bachelors who entered into the Congo service?

5. What did Leopold do when the venture in the Congo consumed all his funds?

6. Why did John Rowlands adopt the last name Stanley?

7. What did Leopold use his personal control to do to the Congo?

8. Why was Leopold easily able to discredit Williams' reports of atrocities in the Congo?

9. What happened to the Africans that other Africans captured and took to the coastal towns?

10. What did the treaties Stanley negotiated with the local chiefs trade for brightly colored cloth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the reasons King Leopold II did not outright colonize the Congo? How did this affect his decisions in Europe?

Essay Topic 2

Who influenced the American government to support King Leopold II's claim to the Congo? Why did America support the request?

Essay Topic 3

How were the abuses and atrocities in the Congo brought to international attention? Who was involved and how did they succeed? Why did more people not complain?

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