Answer: In December 1979, in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan to prop up the communist government of the Peoples Democratic party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) against a growing insurgency. The Soviet Union feared the loss of its community proxy in Afghanistan.
Explanation: I may be in middle school, but I love researching stuff!
A is wrong, as if you check, John Adams' presidency was from 1797 to 1801--only a single four year term.
B is true. Since George Washington made the Proclomation of Neutrality before him, John Adams ended up having to uphold it. There's a famous debacle called the <em>XYZ </em><em>Affair</em> where US diplomats were stopped from talking to the French foreign minister by his agents unless they paid a hefty bribe. (whose names were replaced with X, Y, and Z when Adams released the documents so as to avoid involvement in French wars)
C is wrong. John Adams' wife, Abigail Adams, had been married to Adams for over thirty <em>years</em> before he took office.
D <em />is wrong. The Louisiana Purchase was in 1803, during which the third president, Thomas Jefferson, was in office.
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The Soviet Union was worried that the US and China would prosper and become more powerful because of each other. Since China was so close to the Soviet Union geographically, they would rather be friends with China and her allies to protect itself and its assets.
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The Consitiution. Inflamed by the king's stonewalling of their appeals, the Founders embedded the right to petition into the Constitution by way of the First Amendment.
...Its the reason why you have your freedom? The reason we aren't under the control of the British Empire? Why didn't you learn this in second grade? It was the reason America is well... America. It was the first war America fought for the freedom of her people. One could argue the most important war in American history, and possible even the WORLD for that matter, because who knows what the world would be like today if America didn't come to be.
