Who used the threat of military force to make japan open itself up to foreign trade after it had been banned for centuries?
the u. s. admiral john paul jones in 1795
the chinese grand admiral yang guifei in 758
the mongol ruler kublai khan in 1279
the u. s. commadore matthew perry in 1852

This was an order issued during the civil war by president lincoln ending slavery in the confederate states

Explain how president trumans knowledge of previous historical events influenced him to initiate us involvement in korea

Which four excerpts from the poem "a political reverie" by mercy otis warren imply that america was an oppressed and exploited nation? no despot here shall rule with awful sway nor orphan's spoils become the minion's prey; no more the widow'd bleeding bosom mourns, nor injur'd cities weep their slaughter'd sons; for then each tyrant, by the hand of fate, and standing troops, the bane of every state, forever spurn'd, shall be remov'd as far as bright hesperus from the polar star; freedom and virtue shall united reign, and stretch their empire o'er the wide domain. on a broad base the commonwealth shall stand, when lawless power withdraws its impious hand; when crowns and sceptres are grown useless things, nor petty pretors plunder here for kings