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Crossing the Silk Road, Marco Polo brought elements of Western culture to the East and Eastern culture back to the West.
Because of his exploration for trade of what is today modern China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and India, the east experienced Western culture.
Furthermore, his journeys were documented in the Book of the Marvels of the World which presented to Europeans the Asian cities and countries.
In 1860,Abraham Lincoln was elected as U.S. president but his election was accepted by many southern states who decided to secede from the U.S. and form the Confederate States Of America with 6 other states(and eventually 11 all together)
cause-Lincoln had only won the election with 40% of the popular vote,which meant that the majority of the country did not support his ideals-especially anti-slavery sentiment.
Enslave the Natives. That is a big one.
After World War 2, the U.S. emerged as a world superpower and our economy was booming. Our nation was extremely rich, basically.
