They began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa.The Spanish took the first African captives to the Americas from Europe as early as 1503, and by 1518 the first captives were shipped directly from Africa to America. The majority of African captives were exported from the coast of West Africa, some 3,000 miles between what is now Senegal and Angola, and mostly from the modern Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon.
They where treated poorly.
America failed to predict the attack made by the Arabs and
Egyptians. They still believed that such
an attack on Israel would not be possible.
Still, this caused the Israelis to beef up their intelligence and their
defense. This also establish peace
relations between Egypt and Israel.
President Theodore Roosevelt<span> became </span>known as the "trust buster" in 1904 when his administration used the Sherman Anti-Trust<span> Act to break up the Northern Securities Company.</span>
