briefly explain how one process discussed in the excerpt compares with the earlier United States decision to participate in the Spanish American war

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The United States' decision to participate in the Spanish American War has its roots in the US federal government's support of Cuba, which was trying to get independence from Spain.

In that time, the US government had sent some warships to the shores of la Havana, the capital city of Cuba. One of those ships was the USS Main that was sunk by the Spaniards. This incident made the US declare war against Spain, starting the actions of the Spanish-American War of 1898. The US won the war and the peace treaty was the Treaty of Paris of 1898, in which Spain ceded new territories to the United States: Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam.

which time period is this? or is this story fictional, i'm going to need more info to answer this question

answer:   migrations were important in the neolithic period. "two major migrations passing through southeastern europe were confirmed by the means of archaeo-genetic studies."

the first migration was the early neolithic period -- 6,000 before common era (bce) -- when the first farmers, from anatolia -- asia minor -- spread through europe. the second migration occurred during the early bronze age (3,000-2,500 bce) when the so-called "steppe population," from the eurasian steppe, replaced much of northern europe's previous population.

the first farmers of northern and western europe passed through southeastern europe with limited hunter-gatherer genetic admixture, which occurs when two or more previously isolated populations begin interbreeding. however, some groups that remained mixed extensively -- without the male-biased, hunter-gatherer admixture that prevailed later in the north and west, according to latest discoveries. southeastern europe continued to be a nexus between east and west, with intermittent genetic contact with the steppe people up to 2,000 years before the migrations that replaced much of northern europe's population.

"in some places, hunter-gatherers and incoming farmers seem to have mixed very quickly," says iain mathieson, a geneticist at the university of pennsylvania, who was first author of the paper. "but, mostly, the two groups remained isolated, at least for the first few hundred years. these hunter-gatherers had been living there for thousands of years, and it must have been quite a shock to have these new people show up -- with a completely different lifestyle and appearance."