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What Role did the Motorcycle and Harley-Davidson play in Wartime
...le in warfare even before the bike manufacturers. With the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 the British office of the Ministry of Defence sought out Willia ...Davidson Motor Company. <ref>”’H-D Supports the Military,” corporate history, Harley Davidson USA, 2015</ref>

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How did eugenics develop and why did it persist into the late 20th Century
As modern students of history, we must divorce scientific theories of the past from the unavoidable socie ...uld be taught. His primary research interests were the pedigrees of the “great European families”, as well as his own family’s lineage. Galton publish

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Causes of World War II Top Ten Booklist
The second world war was the most catastrophic war in human history. The origins of the second world war in Europe are complex and controversia ...National Socialist government. This together with the impact of the Great Depression allowed an extremist, Adolf Hitler to seize power and to start an internati

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What were the Root Causes of the Spanish Civil War
...was a very divided, unstable and weak country in the 19th century. Once a great power, Spain lost almost the last of its colonies after it defeat in the Sp ...This was partly a result of the economic consequences caused by the Great Depression. The left, including the Communists and the Trade Unions continued to press

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How did the Versailles Treaty lead to World War Two
...sponse to those terms would lead to the most destructive conflict in world history - World War Two. ...palace of Versailles. Led by the "Big Four," the U.S., France, Italy, and Great Britain. Each had its own goals and vulnerabilities. While the U.S. Preside

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What is the history of socialism in the United States
...tatorships or Marxist states. Nevertheless, socialism has a long political history in the United States and has been, at times, influential in American politi ...roved unprofitable, and the farm itself was sold (Figure 1).<ref>For early history of American socialism and Utopian socialism, see: Taylor, K. (2016). Pol

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The Hays Code, Gangsters, and Prohibition: How did 1934 change Hollywood
...s on screen that were living freely and without responsibility. Due to the great success of these films, primarily shot at Warner Brothers Studios, actors s ...933, American society was enduring what was arguably the worst year of the Depression. With the unemployment rate a staggering 24.9 percent, and honest jobs scar

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What were the goals of the Axis powers and the Soviet Union during World War Two
...jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|Mussolini's declaration of war against France and Great Britain]] ...yer in world geopolitics. Italy had been on the winning Allied side in the Great War but believed that it had been unfairly treated in the aftermath. The Pe

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How did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in World War Two
...reat Depression. Germany's democratic government's power eroded during the depression and eventually collapsed. Germany began to dismantle the provisions of the ...it was a neutral nation. Like Churchill, Germany realized that Norway had great strategic importance. When Germany invaded Norway, it was the main source o

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Why was France defeated in 1940
...ne was designed to keep German forces out of France. Initially, France and Great Britain appeared to be a match for Germany. However, the Great Depression and the rise of Hitler meant that the French were suddenly faced with a pot

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The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline
...April 15, 2010. It has been historically documented that Bowie consumed a great deal of alcohol. Also, malnutrition must be distinguished from under-nutrit ...in resulting from him skirmishes and battles that included gunshot wounds. Depression is another possible explanation for his over-indulgences due to the loss of

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How Did the Great Depression and the Vietnam War Help Shape the Hollywood Western?
...eds., ''Hollywood’s West: The American Frontier in Film, Television, and History'' (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press), 6. Historian Frederic Jackson ...levant film to a weary nation. Having endured almost a decade of the Great Depression, Americans were ready for a hero that worked outside of the law. Outlaws su

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How did basketball develop
==Early History== ...the early games of basketball, see: Bjarkman, P.C. (2000) The biographical history of basketball: more than 500 portraits of the most significant on-and off-c

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How did the modern tennis emerge
...f>For more information, see: Gillmeister, H. (1998). Tennis: a cultural history. London: Leicester University Press, pg. 3.</ref> ...read its popularity beyond royal families and into the nobility.<ref>For a history of royal courts playing tennis in the late Medieval period and early Renais

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American Civil War Biographies Top Ten Booklist
...ry, the Civil War was led by some of the most renowned figures in American History. ...d and complicated leader. The events and regrets of his early life offer a great deal of insight into the mind of this brilliant tactician, inspired leader,

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How did Father's Day develop
====Early History==== ...Ralph. (1997). The Modernization of Fatherhood: A Social and Political History. University of Chicago. Chicago. </ref>

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How Did Popcorn Become Popular
...type of beer.<ref>For more on the variety of uses for popcorn in its early history, see: Podojil, J. (2013). Popcorn Favorites: Everything you want to kno ...Americans, see: Smith, A. F. (Ed.). (2013). Food and Drink in American History: A “full course” encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.</ref>

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What is the Deep Impact of Gold
...ns, and culture, see: Bernstein, Peter L. 2004. The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession. Illustrated ed. New York: Wiley.</ref> ...iu C. 2011. Money and Market in the Economy of All Times: Another World History of Money and Pre-Money Based Economies. London and New York.</ref>

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David Blackbourn's Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in a Nineteenth-Century German Village
...e larger social, economic, and political pressures of the Kulturkampf, the depression of the 1870s, and the aggressive centralization and expansion of the state ...413113 The Cult of the Virgin Mary] and the solid background of social history provided by Jonathon Sperber from his classic book [https://www.amazon.c

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What Were the Causes of Germany's Hyperinflation of 1921-1923
...the hyperinflation of the 1920s, the effects of the later worldwide Great Depression were accentuated in Germany, which ultimately undermined the legitimacy... ...er exposed as being weak and ineffective when Germany had a brief economic Depression in 1925-26. Despite the hardships that hyperinflation caused in Germany, th

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