Read the excerpt from Frida Kahlo by Hedda Garza. Aside from the caricatures she had scribbled in school and the drawings for Fernando Fernández, Kahlo had never paid much attention to art. She began teaching herself from art books, studying the works of the Italian Renaissance artists and experimenting with the colors in her father's paint box. She painted portraits of visitors and relatives who were willing to sit and pose for her and gave the paintings away as gifts.

Why would the author include this event in the biography?

ww1 weapons: tank. tanks were used for the first time in the first world war at the battle of the somme. they were developed to cope with the conditions on the western front. the first tank was called 'little willie' and needed a crew of 3.

on april 6, 1917, the u.s. joined its allies--britain, france, and russia--to fight in world war i. under the command of major general john j. pershing, more than 2 million u.s. soldiers fought on battlefields in france.

how did the pendleton civil service act weaken the spoils system after president garfield died?

the act forced federal employees to pass competitive exams.

the act said that federal employees could be fired for political reasons.

the act said that company contracts and kickbacks were illegal.

the act stopped the reform movement in its tracks.

b. the right to wage war and make peace