New Mexico<span> offered little in the way of wealth, so the </span>Spanish<span> were more concerned there with spreading the Catholic religion and sent religious men, priests or Fathers to teach the Catholic religion.</span>
The dissolution of the union began in the 1980s
We started the Korean War to prevent the spread of Communism because we associated Communism with Russia and we didn't like Russia.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was Russia getting ballsy and really mad at us (Likely due to us having missiles in Turkey that could hit them)
And the Vietnam War was started for the same reason as the Korean War.
The groups that lived in the Great Plains were very diverse. Some of them farmed and others moved around following bison herds. Groups were so diverse that they developed a sign language for communication when trading or negotiating terms.