A lodeing dock where the lodes the raw materials either for trade or for resorce payment
It was.... China! The first county Japan defeated during the first foreign war on the Meiji period was China. Hope this helps :-)
The main idea is that Abdul Hamid have thought wrongly about Armenia, that it was dangerous. However, it may not be dangerous in certain ways. The message of this , is that to never look down to your enemy, and just understand them. It also could be that there always another way to find solutions. The details in this story explains how Abdul Hamid was intelligent by finding ways to get rid of turkey and America problems is by the Armenians.
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During the progressive era these groups of people wanted to increase their rights and reduce discrimination since they were inspired by everything that was happening during reconstruction. There was a lot of migration into the US and they usually weren't very welcome by locals so they organized into various groups that petitioned acts and laws to be changed so as to have them included more into the fabric of society. Native Americans fought for their land while Asians mostly fought for their civil rights since they were poorly treated because of their race.