After spending the winter in Vinland, Leif sailed back to Greenland, and never returned to North American shores. He is generally believed to be the first
1. The people in wagons/horseback with regular clothing are the groups moving west. With them, they bring death/destruction.
2. They may be moving west for better job opportunities, freedom, or to explore.
3. The Native Americans and animals like bears/buffalo were already in the West. They are forced to flee, fight for their land, or even die.
4. The figure in the center of the painting is Lady Liberty. She may represent America as a whole + the way they brought their ideals, hopes, and technology to the West along with them.
5. John Gast likely did not believe that US expansion in the 1800s was justifiable b/c in this painting of his, he portrays some of the negative effects that American expansion had on several groups in the West. There is a pile of animal bones symbolizing death, and other animals, as well as Native Indians, can be seen running away from the people moving west, showing how American expansion caused many to leave their homes.
The Cold war was a series of Proxy Wars, The Cold war began shortly after the end of World War 2, since Germany was overthrown the only superpowers left were U.S and Soviet Union (Present day Russia) They differences were that Soviet Union was a communist country and the U.S was a Captialist country, they both came very very close to Nuclear War since they both were making Nuclear Bombs, they also had Proxy Wars (Wars that were fought between 2 countries but not on their soil) Korean War, Vietnam, Grenada etc, the Soviet Union fell in 1991.
Globalization has impacted consumers by, having more choices on where to buy what you need keeping prices low.
