January 20, 2024
All the countries that bordered Poland in 1989 (Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany) do not exist today.
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How the Border Between the United States and Mexico Was Established
Despite the acceptance by many Americans in the 1840s of the concept of Manifest Destiny, the future boundary between the United States and Mexico was anything but a foregone conclusion. So how and when was the U.S.-Mexico border established?
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