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• What is the History of Civil Rights Legislation in the United States
  ...of civil rights has a much longer and complicated history. The legislative history of civil rights reveals the ways in which citizenship was broadened to not ...ances to that foundational moment like Jim Crow. As such, this legislative history remains relevant today.
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• Scholarship on the Spinner Rack: Rutgers University Press’ Comics Culture Series
  ...lish professor at the University of Calgary and author of other comic book history monographs, examines a limited run of the Archie comics from the 1960s to c ...Persistence of an American Icon]</i>, "At any given time, or place, in his history, Superman is, and has long been, an amalgam of factors including myth, memo
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• How did the Second Great Awakening change the United States
  ...0c-20&linkId=535b5859acd7be05fa3c47741cf68243 Give Me Liberty: An American History]</i> (W.W. Norton & Co, 2013) ...0c-20&linkId=086e29d1726e401930768b782126c5f0 The Great Awakening: A Brief History Documents]'' (Bedford's/St. Martins Press, 2007)
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• Top Ten Books on Los Angeles History
  ...ms of historical scholarship, Los Angeles sits at an interesting spot. Its history can be explored from Indigenous, Spanish, and American points of view, it c For those who are interested in studying the history of Los Angeles, these ten books below are a start. These ten books cover a
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• Why did the United States free the African captives on the Spanish schooner Amistad
  * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State] * Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/amistad| The Amistad Case, 1839]
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• What happened to the ark of the covenant
  ====The history of the ark of the covenant==== The ark is tied up with the early history of the Jewish people, and for many centuries it was the symbol of their nat
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• How did the United States react to the decolonization of Africa between 1945-1960
  * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State] * Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/asia-and-africa| Decolonization of Asia and
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• How did the World React to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1978 according to the CIA
  ...gory:20th Century History]] [[Category:Diplomatic History]] [[Category: US History Documents]] [[Category: Historical Documents]]
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• Why did Apartheid end in South Africa in the 1990s
  * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State] * Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/apartheid| The End of Apartheid]
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• Why did the Angola Civil War of 1974-75 turn into a Cold War battleground
  * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State] * Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/angola| The Angola Crisis 1974–75]
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• Why did the United States support Mobutu Sese Seko's coup in Congo in 1960
  {{#dpl:category=Cold War History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=10}} * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]
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• Did Woodrow Wilson state that the film The Birth of Nation was "like writing history with lightning'
  ...e film at the White House, Wilson reportedly stated, “It is like writing history with lightning, and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.”<r ...the scene.<ref>Melvyn Stokes, D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford
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• How did the Phoenicians contribute to western civilization
  The Phoenicians emerged in history about 1800 BC, during the Bronze Age. They occupied a narrow strip of coas ...em. This alphabet was one of the most important inventions in all of human history. It was different from hieroglyphs, used by many societies in the Levant, a
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• Was 'To Kill a Mockingbird' based on real events
  ...lping to change attitudes to race in America at a critical juncture in its history. This book was very autobiographical, and the author based many of the char
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• What is the history of how gods ruled over humanity
  ...-knowing and powerful god or sometimes gods. This understanding has a long history and surprisingly many faiths have taken it as given that god(s) rule over m In religious doctrines where it has been recorded spanning human history, including cases prior to the rise of modern monotheistic religions, define
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• Magical Urbanism - Book Reivew
  Mike Davis adds to his prolific output concerning Southern California history, especially his attention to Latino immigration and urban life. While this ...ry:Book Review]] [[Category:United States History]][[Category:20th Century History]] [[Category:Videri.org]] [[Category:Historiography]]
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• Window on Freedom - Book Review
  ...II," by the editor, Brenda Gayle Plummer, a historian of African American History and US Foreign Relations at the University of Wisconsin. This essay mostly
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• The Power of the Zoot - Book Review
  ...in addition to more traditional categories of electoral politics or labor history. ...d other youth cultural workers forces us to recognize that race and ethnic history in the United States Is not a story only of conflict or togetherness, but a
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• What is the History of Mass Protests in the United States
  ...e movements have been both a positive and sometimes destructive part of US history. ...largest US history protests have occurred since 2016; however, early in US history, mass protests were vital to social and political change. Class discontent
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• Who was Memnon the African hero in Greek Mythology
  ...was based on an unknown African king, whose name has not been recorded by history. Still, the Greeks were made aware of his achievements by tales spread by m ...undermine the narrative that Africans have not played an essential role in history and the development of culture.
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• How did Florida become a State
  ...one M. Amos, Thomas P. Senter, and Rosalyn Howard. <i>The Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People</i>. Rev. ed. Gainesville: Univ. Press of Flori ...st Seminole War in Florida's history, see Wasserman, Adam. <i>A People’s History of Florida, 1513-1876: How Africans, Seminoles, Women, and Lower Class Whit
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• When Did the Nubian Kingdom of Meroe Rise to Prominence
  ...and nomenclature of Nubia and the Nubians varied widely throughout ancient history depending upon the people and time writing about the subject. Owing to the ...c-Roman relations. <ref> Welsby, p. 71</ref> The Meroitic Period of Nubian history finally ended in 350 when King Aezanas of Axum conquered Meroe. <ref> O’
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• What is the history of the United States Capitol Building
  Early in the United States' history, the Capitol Building, or United States Capitol, was authorized and built i ==Construction and Early History==
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• What issues divided the United States in the 1920 election
  ...the gilded age and progressive era, Wiley Blackwell companions to American history</i>. John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hoboken, pg. 368. </ref> ...eriod, see: Conlin, J.R., 2014. <i>The American past: a survey of American history</i>. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, pg. 640. </ref>
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