The primary events that led to the United States declaration of war against Germany were the Zimmerman Telegram and Germany's announced intention to resume unrestricted submarine warfare. American sentiment had leaned toward the Allies and against the Central powers for some time.
Signed into law<span> by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, </span>1862<span>, the </span>Homestead Act<span> encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.</span>
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention in the United States. Held in July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, the meeting launched the women's suffrage movement, which more than seven decades later ensured women the right to vote.
Hammurabi is remembered for the laws he justified, called the Code of Hammurabi. One of these laws is a well known law called an Eye for an Eye.
For instance, if you cut someone's arm, they got to cut your arm.
Baically they done this so people know not to pick on them and they are doing it to the