Christopher Columbus went to his grave believing that he had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in India, perhaps the most famous misperception in all of history. This is the reason why Native Americans are often referred to as Indians, as "Indians" became a catch-all term in many European languages for native populations.
The U.S. believed that if the atomic bomb could end the war, Soviet
influence after the war would be restricted and domestically the
tremendous cost of development would be justified.
Uncle Sam was had supposedly a man named Samuel Wilson and also Uncle Sam was used for patriotic reasons and for war
