Kansas was called "bleeding Kansas' because when the territory was formed, the state got to choose whether it would be a "slave state" or a "free state", and so the people on both sides went around killing each other. The most famous person of this period was John brown, who violently killed at least 12 people because they supported Kansas becoming a slave state.
Answer:
Estimate: 54,00 Product: 54,162
Explanation:
The estimate is to round up and the product is the Exact answer.
Alfred was born in 849 at the royal palace in Wantage. He became king in 871 and died in 899.
He had four older brothers who all ruled as king before he did.
As a boy of four he accompanied his father Aethelwulf on a pilgrimage to Rome.
By 870 Northumberland, East Anglia and Mercia has all fallen to the Vikings. Wessex was the only Anglo-Saxon kingdom to hold out against the Vikings.
In 870 Alfred and his brother Aethelred fought nine battles against the Vikings.
In 879 Alfred won a decisive victory against the Vikings at Edington.
After defeating Guthrum the Dane, Alfred made him convert to Christianity and then adopted Guthrum as his foster son.
In 886 he recaptured London and set about renovating the city.
Alfred's fortified towns or burhs formed the basis of the English system of boroughs and shires.
Alfred believed that all free born English boys should receive an education and he set up a school at his court to educate his sons, as well as those of the nobles and others of lesser birth.
Mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.
The period in American history from about 1870 to 1900 is called the "Gilded Age." During this age rapid industrialization, immigration, and minimal governmental regulation allowed the upper classes to accumulate great wealth and enjoy luxurious lifestyles.
Mark Twain coined the phrase the "Gilded Age", to describe the late 19th century. What he meant by this was that society, the government and nation at a large was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.
Hence, I think that this is an accurate label for the period because as the society, and economy developed so did the corruption.
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I think the<span> cold war was a particularly dangerous time in world history because it contained a fragile balance between the part involved that, if broken, could cause a massacre of epic proportion. The ability and capacity of both main parts were astounding, and so the time was particularly dangerous because everyone understood that it would take only a tiny flame to make up for an enormous deflagration. </span>
