Who was known as the richest man in history

Is the idea of containment relevant to american foreign and policy today why or why not

The revolutions in latin america in the 19th century resulted in political independence from europe the end of slavery in each country the establishment of stable democracies social and economic equality for all

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is