why was there a shift to new imperialism in the late nineteenth-century?

this is not for a school assignment right now i m just studying for a test in a few days.

staisil2017-04-13T05:14:32Z

There was competition for new markets and natural resources. Social Darwinism (survival of the fittest) also played a role in imperialism.

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