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was married to a an emperor named Justinian and helped him with his ruling and making laws. Two laws they added were that women were allowed to own their own property and divorced women were allowed to remain guardians of their children (The World Almanac, p. 26). She also rebuild and upgraded the ruined city of Byzantine. She added new aqueducts to get clean drinking water, bridges to provide transportation, and hostels to shelter…

Edmond Klobucista Mr. Smith US History 2 26 April 2015 Foreign Policy of Containment Containment was a foreign policy adopted by the United States to combat the threat of Soviet influence from spreading across the world. After World War II the Soviet Union looked to spread it’s regime to Europe, Asia, and other parts of the world. The communists believed that capitalism was used to oppress the workers, so by spreading the ideals of communism they would be helping. That may seem generous however…

Charles Henry Davis was an important U.S. naval officer, scientist, and mathematician. Davis was born on January 16, 1807, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1821, Davis enrolled into the prestigious Harvard University. His time there was short, however, as he stayed for only two years before leaving to become a midshipman in the U.S. navy. Davis was naturally gifted as a shipman, and moved up to become a lieutenant in 1834 (“Charles Henry Davis” 313). He spent several years dedicating himself to his…

American history. Franklin established the American Philosophical Society, which is an association of the advancement of science. He held some minor positions responsible for printing work for the government. In that time, he also began Poor Richard 's Almanac, which became popular in Philadelphia. His success may not be always remembered by all of us, but his contributions in society back in his time was remarkable. Franklin is a self made man, making his fortune out of…

He briefly attended a one room Quaker school house. With the help of his mentor, Andrew Ellicott he became an expert in astronomy, engineering, and urban planting. He even created a Farmer's Almanac that was very popular in his time. He also built the very first clock in the United States entirely out of…

effectively represented the bias of her of constituents in the House of Representatives. McCollum has an “almost perfect liberal voting record” as illustrated in Fig 1.5 which is more progressively liberal than her Democratic predecessor, Bruce Vento (Almanac) (Govtrackus). On Betty McCollum’s personal campaign website, she boasts being a champion for the social liberal ideals of “full civil rights, LGBT, medicare, [and] earning an ‘F’ grade by the National Rifle Association (Website).…

Secession Final Decision Paper – Guadalupe County Guadalupe County has voiced their demands and the residents are in favor of secession and as their representative, the vote will be cast to secede. The citizens of Guadalupe County Texas have made this vital decision concerning the future of their state because they ultimately feel it is necessary for their wellbeing. The reasons that Guadalupe County residents have asked the vote for secession to be cast is because their basic needs are not…

Fame, baseballhall.org/hof/ruth-babe. “Babe Ruth’s Full Baseball Statistics.” Babe Ruth Central Babe Ruth Babe Ruth Photos Babe Ruth Statistics Babe Ruth Biography, Baseball Almanac. “Roger Maris 1961 Home Run Season by Baseball Almanac.” Roger Maris 1961 Home Run Season by Baseball Almanac, Baseball Almanac, Creamer, Robert W. Babe: the Legend Comes to Life. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1974. “Happy Birthday, Babe Ruth, the ‘Sultan of Swat.’” Happy Birthday, Babe Ruth, the…

The root causes for the American Revolution was when Great Britain started to place Acts such as the Sugar Act of 1764, The Revenue Act of 1764, and the Stamp Act of 1765 to enforce higher taxes and/or fines to make the colonists help pay for the own debt due to the Seven Years’ War. The Sugar Act of 1764 was to lower taxes on molasses imported in North America from the French West Indies. On the other hand it was established to end widespread of smuggling by the colonial merchant but due to…

The Life of Mr. Kandinsky Wassily (or Vassily) Kandinsky was born to his mother Lidia Ticheeva and father Vasily Kandinsky on December 16, 1866 in Moscow, Russia and at the age of five him and his family moved to Odessa. Kandinsky was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany. He is best known for his abstract paintings and was part of the expressionism and abstract art movement in his lifetime. Kandinsky did not, however, just create art. As a young boy, he learned to play the…