The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.[1] The policy proposed to keep China open to trade with all countries on an equal basis, keeping any one power from total control of the country, and calling upon all powers, within their spheres
Woodrow Wilson urged Americans to be “impartial in thought as well as in action.” When considering getting involved in WWI. "However, America's neutrality was soon tested on what the U.S. considered free international waters."
The resources that were traded on the Trans-Saharan trade were salt, slaves, and religion. The West African countries were trading their gold for salt. The slaves were sent North and served as slaves or slave concubines. Islam was spread through the use of the Trans-Saharan trade route.
1861 to 1865 the war known as the Civil War was in process. It was on of the bloodiest fights in history The war took place in the eleven southern states, where the union took the win. Out of the 34 U.S states 7 of the slave states declared secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. In 1861 war started as the states attacked a U.S fortress called Fort Sumter.
The confederacy grew to 11 states instead of 7. After they had taken over two more states and a couple of western states as well. The war left thousands dead, and family's devastated. The war ended because the confederate armies was surrendering after the corrupt government of the confederacy.
He was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman. He led a expedition that discovered a trail to the west through the Cumberland gap
