<em>Ramona </em>by Helen Hunt Jackson
This book, published in 1884, was a description and celebration of Spanish and Mexican culture in California. However, these depictions were largely made-up and romanticized. Despite this, it created a tourist boom for the state, causing Americans to become interested and excited about California.
America failed to predict the attack made by the Arabs and
Egyptians. They still believed that such
an attack on Israel would not be possible.
Still, this caused the Israelis to beef up their intelligence and their
defense. This also establish peace
relations between Egypt and Israel.
The confederacy had better leaders. I hope this helps.
Americans feared communism would prevail.