When President Lincoln first proposed the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet in the summer of 1862, many of the cabinet secretaries were apathetic, or worse, worried that the Proclamation was too radical.
China was forced to recognize the Western nations as equals and to open her markets to Western merchants.
the united states did not at all get involved in world war one, other than shipping supplies overseas to help allied countries.....
the U.S. did not enter into a(n) global warfare conflict until world war 2, because of japan's bombing, and destruction of pearl harbor, and several allied naval bases/ports.
