Aside from the pay, the reason Texas cowboys re-upped for a cattle drive was for the adventure. Although the drive might be boring at times, with weeks and sometimes months on the trail with nothing to see but dust and flat lands, natural and man-made challenges occurred occasionally. One of the most frightening challenges encountered in a drive was crossing a river. A swift river could carry a man, a horse or a cow. A slow moving river might camouflage quicksand and deep holes both of which were dangerous also.
The largest number of slaves sent to the Americas were sent to ''The islands of the Caribbean''.
The native american came to the new world with the conquistadors. For one spanish conquistador an expedition that began on a texas beach ended with a much different kind of notable attainment than whichever the spanish crown and catholic church perhaps anticipated. The remarkable journey also opened a conversation about unfair benefit and human rights that endures to this day. During the age of exploration, the spanish conquistadors arose to the america in exploration of the three G's: gold, glory, and God. The spanish crown acknowledged the gold and glory and the catholic church acknowledged the converts. A fourth G was typically on the consideration prize list as well: geography. European controls contended dynamically and violently to claim land in the america in command to spread their territories across the oceans.
The Cold War, a "war" of attrition and nuclear build-up between the United States and the Soviet Union, greatly shaped American culture by the people's emphasis on space and science to beat out the Soviets.
OPEC was protesting because the U.S. was supporting the Israeli military leader during the Yom Kippur War.
