The primary goal of Islamic fundamentalists has been to defend their traditional culture from the West. Since the 1970s, in an effort to distinguish their own from the western culture, many fundamentalists have been avoiding western dress style, activities such as most sports, laughter, handshakes etc.
The revolution for independence from Spain was started by a priest name Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. He is known for being the father of the Mexican Independence. Miguel was a catholic priest that was the one that released the Mexican War of Independence. This revolution goal was to end the Spanish rule in Mexico, racial equality, and redistribution of land. If it wasn't for his leadership and him standing up for everyone, Mexico would probably be a lot different.
Congress would not ratify the SALT II treaty because D) The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and C) Russian combat troops were found in Cuba. Because of these two reasons Congress did not ratify the treaty. Six months after signing the treaty, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and the United States discovered that there was a Soviet Union brigade stationed in Cuba which led to the treaty not being ratified.
Explanation: the assassination was part of a larger conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the United States government.
Answer: People came to the area that’s now New Mexico more than 12,000 years ago. Experts think they migrated from what’s now Russia across a land bridge called the Bering Strait during the last Ice Age. (When the Ice Age ended, water levels rose, covering this bridge.) Thousands of years later Native American tribes including the Apache, Zuni, Navajo, and Pueblos lived on the land.
In 1540 Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado came to the area in search of cities made of gold that were rumored to exist in the Americas. He didn’t discover treasure, but over the next century the Spanish colonized the land. Then in 1821 Mexico declared its independence from Spain, and the area became part of Mexico. But after the United States won the Mexican-American War in 1848, New Mexico became a U.S. territory. In 1912 it was declared the 47th state.
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