Answer:
the caravel
Explanation:
it was a type of ship used in the 15th century
Answer:
yes
Explanation:
Partly in an effort to defuse calls for more far-reaching reforms, President Eisenhower proposed a civil rights bill that would increase the protection of African American voting rights. By 1957, only about 20% of blacks were registered to vote.
Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The case ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional on the grounds that "separate could never be equal." The case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, a landmark and deeply racist Supreme Court decision from 1896 that had allowed segregated education.
Many great European powers had been exploiting China's weak economic system to enforce their own trade regulations for years. The United States simply wanted to join the fray, so the Open Door notes were sent to the European powers basically stating, "Hey, you guys can't own all of China, make sure that all countries get to trade equally with them."
Just as a side note, the Open Door policy with China was extremely hypocritical for the United States, as the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 basically stated that none of the European powers could interfere with the Western Hemisphere... While no one was allowed to touch the Americas, the United States was apparently allowed to mess with the rest of the world.
