According to a census conducted in 1830, the population of the United States exceeded 12 million. In 1790, there were 4 million people, so it will be tripled in about 40 years. It was Andrew Jackson who became president at a time when such population and territory were growing. Heroes of the War
Aztec art was produced by one of the pre-Columbian peoples, the Aztecs, who lived in what is now Mexico. It was the last pre-Columbian civilization that developed before the arrival of the Spaniards Their culture was very rich, and brought together many elements of the Mesoamerican peoples of anti
On August 2, 1990, elite Iraqi Republican Guard troops invaded Kuwait. A lightning operation - in two days they had taken the entire country - that caught the international community by surprise. Although Iraq had been critical of the increase in Kuwaiti oil production that was keeping prices low an
The Cuban Revolution , which took place in 1959, was a guerrilla movement that overthrew the dictatorial government of Fulgencio Batista. The Revolution implanted the socialist regime in Cuba and linked the Caribbean island politically and economically to the Soviet Union. Historical Context Cubas