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How did Leopold counter the negative attention he received about the Congo?
He bribed the press to feed the public false information.
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The United States was the first nation to recognize the Congo as a nation-_____.
State
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What was the reward for the influential Americans that aided Leopold?
Money
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Whose fame waned as the Congo reformation crusade waxed?
Stanley
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What is the only body part where one can get whipped by the Chicotte?
The buttocks
200
Who was the famous writer involved with Morel’s work in the United States?
Mark Twain
200
What were the effects of Colonel Kowalski’s condition?
Fainting Spells
200
How does the book describe Kowalski’s physicality?
Very large and overweight
300
How did chief Lontulu represent his dead villagers to the European commission?
A stick for each dead villager
300
What was the one book Stanley was unable to finish?
His autobiography
300
Who was the main black US activist in this chapter for Morel’s case?
Booker T. Washington
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What kind of barrier existed between the African natives and the Commission of Inquiry?
A language barrier
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Leopold also played the role of the victimized _______.
Catholic
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What was the cause of death for Paul Costermans (the acting governor of the Congo)?
Suicide
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Name one of Leopold’s main argumentative points against the British colonies.
The opium trade, human rights violations, and human sacrifice
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How many times did the West African Missionary Association meet?
0
500
Who almost shot Kowalski?
Wyatt Earp
500
Name two nationalities of the three European representatives in King Leopold’s Commission of Inquiry.
Belgian, Swiss, and Italian
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Leopold gave over 3,000 artifacts from the Congo to what American museum?
Museum of Natural History
500
Leopold made a disastrous mistake by setting up what in the United States?
A network of lobbyists