The influence of radical reconstruction in the south erode because
of the interest of the norths in regards of the radical reconstruction in which
led it to dwindle due to the fact that they suddenly had lost interest in it
and other factors such as the white democratic power that has been emerged and
an erupted scandal in the administration.
I would believe the United States sponsored the contras in Nicaragua because they hoped they would Sandinistas.
If I'm wrong, please feel free to yell at me.
After the Mexican-American war, the U.S. acquired California. The U.S. pretty much won it.