China has been isolated by the other civilizations from the Middle East and Europe mainly because of the geography. In between China and the other civilizations there were the highest mountains in the world, the Himalayas, big dangerous deserts and multiple arid steppes. So the Chinese did not saw a reason to risk and go westwards since they already had everything they needed at their own territory.
The journeys of Marquette, Joliet, and La Salle helped New France expand" since all three of these men were explorers and who set about to open up new territory in North America.
He was largely responsible for moving the civil rights forward in Oklahoma. He destroyed the need for segregated bathrooms and complied with laws that stated that education could not be segregated in Oklahoma. (The case cited was Brown v Board of Education).