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Math: Ask the Fact Monster Questions

More Questions Jump to a category: Animals Arts & Entertainment Astronomy Awards Calendar Civics Countries Food & Drink Geography Health & Humanity Inventors & Inventions…

DK History: Byzantine Empire

WHO RULED THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE? CONSTANTINOPLEFIND OUT MOREIn AD 324 the emperor Constantine reunited the Roman Empire. By then Rome was too difficult to defend against barbarian attacks, so he…

The Supreme Court: Punishing the Criminals

Punishing the CriminalsThe Supreme CourtPunishing the CriminalsIs the Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual Punishment?Must a Jury Decide the Death Penalty?Are Penalties Required in “Third Strike”…

legitimation

(Encyclopedia) legitimation, act of giving the status of legitimacy to a child whose parents were not married at the time the child was born. This is generally accomplished by the subsequent marriage…

Craigavon, James Craig, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Craigavon, James Craig, 1st ViscountCraigavon, James Craig, 1st Viscountkrāgăvˈən [key], 1871–1940, Irish statesman. He worked with Edward Carson in rousing the Protestants of Ulster…

April 2007

World Ukrainian President Dissolves Parliament (April 2): President Viktor Yushchenko accuses Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, his bitter rival…

Mildred Loving Biography

prevailed in Supreme Court caseDied: May 2, 2008Best Known as: A Black woman whose marriage to a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling Deathplace: Central Point, Virginia In 1958, Mildred…