Students’ Questions about History Page 55

He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person to have ever lived.

Frida Kahlo is best known for her self-portraits and her depiction of the female experience. Her work has been celebrated for its honesty and its ability to transcend the personal to speak to larger issues of gender, class, and race.

He is a hero because he fought for what he believed in and he inspired others to do the same.

The Boston Tea Party was started by a group of American colonists who were upset about the British tax on tea. They dressed up as Native Americans and dumped all of the tea into the Boston Harbor.

The United States has a federal system of government, which means that there is a central government with power over the states. This makes it possible for the federal government to reduce bureaucracy by giving states more power to handle their own affairs.

The Northern vision for the Reconstruction-era Southern economy was to rebuild the infrastructure and to promote industry and agriculture.

The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Boston Tea Party started on December 16, 1773 and ended on December 31, 1773.

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy.

Vincent Van Gogh lost his ear in December 1888 in a fit of madness. He sliced off his own earlobe and gave it to a prostitute named Rachel as a gift.