Answer: The United States had taken possession of the Philippines (as well as Guam and Puerto Rico) in 1898, after winning the Spanish-American War. Thus US interest in Asia was heightened.
At the same time, other nations had begun competing for "spheres of influence" in trade access with China.
Further detail:
The Open Door policy was issued by the United States in 1899-1900 as a series of dispatches from the US Secretary of State to other nations that had trading interests in China -- Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and Russia. The policy reasserted earlier agreements that all countries should have equal access to ports in China, without undue preference to "spheres of influence" for one nation or another. The United States was seeking to maintain an equal footing with other nations in the access to trade in China.
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From, the excerpt provided, I see the words Jewish and gas chambers. These are key words that help us figure out that it is about the Holocaust, because during this horrific event Jewish people were gathered up, put into concentration camps, and sometimes gassed to death.
I have not read Maus but I do know that it is about the Holocaust. Many images talk about Hitler, the despot the pioneered the horrific Holocaust.
Therefore, the main theme addressed in both excerpts in The Holocaust.
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A. It was a strike of all non-emergency workers in Seattle, called by the Industrial Workers of the World (iww).
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In the Declaration, Jefferson made references to the beliefs of the Enlightenment philosopher John Locke. In perhaps the most famous line of the Declaration, Jefferson stated protection of natural rights "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
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