The XYZ affair led to a period of anti-French sentiment in the United States, which was problematic as the French has been the key ally during the American revolution some 20 years before and was one of the primary reasons the United States was able to defeat Great Britain.
However, over those 20 years, France had undergone a revolution of their own and the United States decided to remain neutral in France's war against Great Britain.
So i imagine you mean the people that got free form the emancipation proclamation. What the emancipation did was say it was illegal for people to own any slaves. Former slaves didn't fully get to have equal rights until the 1900's. So in summary all it did was make it illegal to own slaves and the Confederacy of America had to accept that when trying to join back up with he The United States
Here are some reasons take your pick. Good luck! :)
Japan had modernized weapons
Corruption of the Chinese government-officials embezzled military funds.
Chinese army and navy had little preparation for the war
Japan had better war tactics and strategies
Chinese just finished the War of Opium and were weak
The majority of China’s massive population was not educated
The Shogunate was unable to do anything against the Western fleets.
<span>The government was unable to drive away Perry’s well-armed warships.</span>
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The Panama Canal is a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. It is owned and administered by Panama, and it is 40 miles long from shoreline to shoreline. Ships can cross going in either direction, and it takes about 10 hours to get from one side to the other.
