The Suez Canal is currently owned by Egypt. Even though it is owned by Egypt, international law dictates that any country may use regardless of who they are. The Canal is used very regularly and it can handle bigger and more ships than the Panama Canal. Two thirds of the oil that reaches Europe goes through the Canal along with approximately 8% of the world’s sea trade. The Canal is very important in today’s global commerce for it allows a fast way of trade between Europe and Asia. I am interested to see if another country tries to take control over the Canal while Egypt is in a struggle. The Canal is a great source of revenue along with being very important to that part of the region.
The Sepoy Mutiny is a prime example of how the European nations did not care about the cultures of the people they were taking over. Using the fat from animals that were considered sacred as a seal for cartridges was pure ignorance and toward the men they employed as soldiers for their country. The English did not care about their non-Christian views and therefore did not think about them in the long run. When the Sepoys revolted, it was not a big uprising. There ultimate goal failed but in the long run it was seen as the first step of India regaining their independence. A similar but very small case that happened in the 1980s was when many Indians rioted against McDonalds across the world for they were not told that the fires were fried in beef oil and it caused a distress but not one of revolutionary proportions. 
The historic civil rights case Plessy v. Ferguson occurred in 1896. This case upheld segregation between black and whites in the U.S. The case was based of the term separate but equal which in a perfect world would have been true but it was not in reality. This case will be a major setback for black civil rights and will be set as a precedent for all other cases until it was overruled. The case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 will overrule the case and make it null. Today there are many laws against discrimination and laws to ensure equal rights. If separate but equal was still in affect we would not have the President we do now and our country would most likely have suffered from domestic oppression. The United States is a very big global mediator. If the country kept its racist attitude then we would most likely not have good relations with other nations in Asia and Africa. 
In the past the U.S. did practice some pretty obvious cases of imperialism. When the U.S. became involved with places like the Philippines and Cuba, not only did they help with the revolutions, abut they wanted full influence over the countries after they were freed. This is a clear case of imperialism for it was a strong country (the U.S.) trying to take over weaker countries (Cuba and the Philippines). Although in the end the U.S. influence ended up failing, the U.S. did try and expand itself for military and economic reasons just as the Europeans did in Africa and Asia. 
