What was the supreme court's decision in the dred-scott case?

Washington said that the united states would be "friendly and impartial" in regard to foreign conflict. what was his reason behind this statement? a jefferson and washington had determined the u.s. was too weak to wage war. b the u.s. had a treaty with both england and france, and was thus required to remain neutral. c france asked for the united states to stay out of the war, due to trade relationships. d a special envoy from england asked for strict neutrality on behalf of the united states.

This map is depicting the 16th century route of what explorer

Why was the united states motivated to establish the open door policy? a. the policy guaranteed american commerce with china. b. the policy supported the chinese nationalist cause. c. the policy led to a gain of american colonies in asia. d. the policy claimed damages from the chinese.