<span>Dias’ breakthrough opened the door to increased trade with India and other Asian powers. It also prompted explorer Christopher Columbus, then living in Portugal, to seek a new royal patron for a mission to establish his own sea route to the Far East.
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D. Soujourner Truth. Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. She was the first black woman to win a case in court against a white man. During the Civil War, she helped recruit black troops for the Union Army. Her historic speech for women's rights "Ain't I a Woman" became very famous and she continued to make very famous lectures and speeches across the country. She also was against prison reform and capital punishment and spoke to Ulysses S. Grant, the current president, about it.
Greenbacks are dollar bills. The term is primarily used in America. 'Greenback' is also a term for an animal with a green back, especially of a species of trout in Colorado.
The First Crusade which was in 1096, was the only successful Crusade.