Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) is committed to its mission of pursuing excellence as it strives to become a system of world-class schools. Gwinnett County Online Campus is yet another example of the cutting-edge initiatives that mark this school system as an educational leader-- across the state, the region, and the nation. After temporarily resolving the problems of Reconstruction and Industrialization, Americans began to resume the course of expansion. The horrors of the Civil War …showed first 75 words of 331 total…

…showed last 75 words of 331 total…States naval forces in the China seas, was a staunch expansionist. Back in 1852 he warned President Fillmore that the British, who had already taken control of Hong Kong and Singapore, would soon control all trade in the area. Perry recommended that the United States take "active measures to secure a number of ports of refuge" in Japan. President Fillmore agreed with Perry. In 1853 he ordered the Commodore to open negotiations with the Emperor of Japan.