Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the
abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory
and incisive antislavery writings. In his time, he was described by abolitionists as a living
counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to
function as independent American citizens. Northerners at the time found it hard to believe
that such a great orator had once been a slave.
Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all peoples, whether black, female, Native
American, or recent immigrant. He was also a believer in dialogue and in making alliances
across racial and ideological divides, and in the liberal values of the American Constitution.
When radical abolitionists, under the motto "No Union With Slaveholders", criticized
Douglass' willingness to dialogue with slave owners, he famously replied: "I would unite with
anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."

February 1818 - Feb 20, 1895

Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.

on this day in 1939, in response to hitler’s invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany.

the first casualty of that declaration was not german—but the british ocean liner athenia, which was sunk by a german u-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. there were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. of those, 28 were americans, but president roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of america sending its armies to european fields.” the united states would remain neutral.

as for britain’s response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-nazi propaganda leaflets—13 tons of them—over germany. they would begin bombing german ships on september 4, suffering significant losses. they were also working under orders not to harm german civilians. the german military, of course, had no such restrictions. france would begin an offensive against germany’s western border two weeks later. their effort was weakened by a narrow 90-mile window leading to the german front, enclosed by the borders of luxembourg and belgium—both neutral countries. the germans mined the passage, stalling the french offensive.

7. which was not an important advance made by the maya:

-deviced and accurate map of the world.

8. what was justinian code:

-a single, consistent set of laws for the byzantine empire.

9. which describes what theodora achieved as justinian´s most trusted adviser:

-getting laws passed to give married women more rights and to protect divorced women.

10. what caused the christian church to divide into two branches- the eastern orthodox church and the catholic church:                                             -differences in language, liturgy, and views on religious icons.

11. what was a result of the work done by the monks cyril and methodius:       - orthodox christianity spread to slavic cultures.

12. which is true about byzantine culture:

-it was a blend of greco-roman and persian culture.

13. which was not a major accomplishment of byzantine culture:

-the reconstruction of moscow

14. which group invaded the slavic homeland beginning in the ninth century:

-varangians

15. what did vladimir, prince of kiev, do in 988 to unify his people:       - he converted to orthodox christianity

16. what is the name of the book in which muhammad ´s words and teaching were collected:

-quran

17. what is the hajj:

-the pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims must undertake if possible

18. which accurately describes islamic belief:

-muhammad is god´s only prophet.

19. what happened to islam after the death of muhammad:

-it was practiced by only few people in small parts of the world

20. which region shows the extent of islamic territory 100 years after muhhamed´s death:

-egypt, mesopotamia, persia.(b)

21. which led to the division between sunni and shia following the death of muhammed:

-conflict over who should be the caliph

22. the muslims achieved many spectacular advances, which was not one of them:

-they created the justinian´s code.