Why did spanish leaders want to push spanish control into north america in the mid 1500s?
a. spain wanted to keep european rivals far away from valuable towns and mines in mexico.
b. north america had a large amount of gold and silver.
c. the spanish were driven from the colonies by native american uprising.
d. spain decided to engage in the fur trade on a large scale.

:) during the cold war, people were afraid of communists, both outside and inside the united states. the red scare and mccarthyism that grew out of these fears were damaging to the american way of life. during the mccarthy years, many of the freedoms guaranteed in the bill of rights were limited. write a paragraph explaining what lessons can be learned from the mccarthy era about what u.s. citizens need to protect in order to preserve the democratic political system and the american way of life.