Venice acquired the nearby cities of Verona and Padua using its army, which attacked the cities and gained power in only days.
When Milanese forces felt threatened by Carraras' Paduan forces; they wisely offered Vicenza and Verona to Venice if Venice committed stopping Carraras' Paduan forces advances to the westward.
When Venice was offered this, Venetians took advantage of the situation and using its army captured Padua in November 1404 following a brief siege. And after the chief of Carraras' family and his son were executed (Francesco and Jacopo Carrara), in a stroke Venetians eliminated completely Carraras' forces and extended their mainland territory to include Padua, Vicenza, and Verona.
Hanford was chosen as the site where they would make plutonium, a deadly byproduct of the nuclear reaction process and main ingredient of the atomic bomb. Just 13 months later, Hanford’s first reactor went online.
I would describe Lincoln's plans for the South as lenient. Lincoln wanted to welcome the South back into the Union, not by punishing the South by using strict laws.
