30. Base your answer on the statement below and on your knowledge of social studies. ...
the policy of the government of the United States is to seek a solution which may
bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and
administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty
and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and
impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire Secretary of State John
Hay, Circular Letter, July 3, 1900 21 This excerpt from John Hay's Circular Letter
became part of the

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

explanation:

the passage of a strict fugitive slave law