I would think really hot as the boarder between mexico and the U.S. get really hot and thats why those terrains are known to be deserts.
Progressivism is based on a reform movement that had its peak in the 20ty century. This was an effect of the large change brought by modernization with the help of large corporations; The regularization of large-scale corporations was implemented to address the rise.
General Lee surrendered his army to General Grant at the courthouse in: Appomattox, Virginia.