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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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How have immigration and citizenship changed in the U.S.
...s are melted into a new race whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world.”<ref name="Letters from an American Farmer and Sket .... However, there were two that would have a significant impact on American history: the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) and the Dred Scott decision (1857).

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American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg
...ww.press.uchicago.edu/index.html University of Chicago Press] explores the history of the American women who went to Russia looking for adventure, freedom, re ...iversity of Texas Austin. She writes and teaches about radicalism, women's history, Russia, and children's literature. She has written and edited two previous

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How Did Thomas Francis Meagher Really Die
...penchant for alcohol. The possibility of this strong, Catholic man with a history of perseverance committing suicide is less likely but is not without merit ...in either a tragic fall or deliberate jump resulting from alcohol induced depression. A new and compelling theory will be presented here that also involves alco

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Why Did Scandinavians Volunteer for the Union Army during the Civil War
...ted States. For instance, the Civil War was one of the first wars in world history where rifles were used extensively. The telegraph was used to relay message ...asons were ones that can be seen in previous and later periods of American history. Scandinavians believed in the Republic, were ardent supporters of Presiden

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What are the origins of Halloween
...&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=98a7c42a01a51865419f3f7123078f12 Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween]. First paperback edition. London: Reaktion Books, 2013. < [[Category:Holiday History]][[Category:Wikis]]

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Sears was the most important retailer in America - Why has it collapsed
...om/a-brief-history-of-sears-catalog-homes-233077 Built from a Kit: A Brief History of Sears Catalog Homes]," Apartment Therapy, Jan 18, 2017</ref> ....edu/pubweb/~rcollins/huwepaper.pdf THE STORY OF SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY: History, and how a company aided World War II victory gardeners].</ref> By the 1950

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How did Hitler become the Dictator and Fuhrer of Germany
Hitler greeted the war with enthusiasm, as a great relief from the frustration and aimlessness of civilian life. He found disc ...he reparations demands.<ref>Signing of the Versailles Treaty - http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/projects/1920s/VersaillesTreatyCarlos.

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How did the workweek develop
...ncient work weeks, see: Zerubavel, E. (1989). The seven-day circle: the history and meaning of the week. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. </ref> ...institute a five-day workweek, but it only became routine during the Great Depression.

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What Started the Catholic Worker Movement during the Great Depression
...nt began as a lay community dedicated to serving the poor during the Great Depression and advocating on behalf of those oppressed by social injustice. This movem ====The Great Depression====

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Why did the United States pass and then repeal the constitutional amendment prohibiting alcohol
...) was one of the most important social issues of the day. With the Second Great Awakening and the social movements of the 1820s and 1830s, alcohol became a The Second Great Awakening also advocated the belief that humans could be individually refor

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Why did the Weimar Republic Collapse
...ver, it could have succeeded but for the economic calamity of the ‘Great Depression.’ After the failure of the last great German offensive on the western front in 1918, it was clear that Germany wo

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How accurate is the movie J. Edgar
...o the head of the most powerful law-enforcement agency in America, who had great personal power. Clint Eastwood directed the movie and it was scripted by Du ...so shows Hoover’s role in the battle against infamous criminals from the Depression such as Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger, which was the case.

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How did Europe pay off their debts to the United States after World War I
...to international peace sparked concern in the United States, but the Great Depression curtailed U.S. willingness to act. In this environment, keeping the nation ...ermany’s economy floundered. In 1931, as the world sunk ever deeper into depression, a one-year moratorium on all debt and reparation payments was declared at

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How historically accurate is the movie The King's Speech
...time is captured very well by the director. At this critical point in its history, the British Royal Family faced its crisis. ...ewers in no doubt that the king and the Royal Family owed the Australian a great debt, and this was the case, and when George VI died, his widow, the Queen,

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Understanding Reconstruction - A Historiography
.... Carpetbaggers, scalawags, and uneducated freedmen plunged the South into depression and confusion until the white South banded together to reclaim southern cul ...Bois’s indictment served as a precursor for the explosion of revisionist history of the 1960s, which would latch onto the argument of Du Bois and refocus th

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Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin and the Great Depression - Book Review
...x|thumbnail|Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin and the Great Depression by Alan Brinkley]]__NOTOC__ ...tion about the American experience of the 1930s: why did profound economic depression and political dissent fail to shake the foundations of government, producin

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Political Parties and American Political Development from the Age of Jackson to the Age of Lincoln - Book Review
...old, and one new, essays that challenge this innovative form of political history that he once helped create. ...after both nominating conventions were held the nation slid into economic depression. In both occurrences, the Whigs failed to understand the very political st

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A Consumers’ Republic - Book Review
...basis for liberal policy in the face of political reversals and persistent depression in the late 1930s. If the government cannot regulate business and labor to [http://videri.org/index.php?title=Guide_to_the_Literature Check out other great articles at Videri.org.]

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Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Book Review
...ssor of Asian American Studies at Columbia University traced the intricate history of immigration legislation and construction of identities through immigrati ...“alien” immediately equated to illegal Mexicans rather than a complex history of immigration restrictions of Europeans and Chinese. Thus, the book is ref

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Top Ten Booklist on Joseph Stalin
...ns and was its wartime leader during World War II. Despite his atrocities, Great Britain and the United States were compelled to work with Stalin against Ge ...any that is the signal event of modern world history. This book covers the history of the world during the build-up to its most fateful hour, from the vantage

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What is the history of presidential transitions in the United States
...in a few cases, some of the transitions were awkward or even hostile. The history of transitions has also sometimes set precedent followed to this day. ==Early History==

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How did higher education develop in the United States
...of universities in the United States is relatively recent, with the early history of higher education often dominated by a few universities that were very pa ...s and Courses (Eds.). (2010). The liberal arts tradition: a documentary history. Lanham, Md: University Press of America.</ref>

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What is the History of US Presidential Scandals
...hard to believe even, yet the American public has often been forgiving, as history shows. ...reaty was a treaty signed in 1795 between the United States Government and Great Britain, which helped establish a firmer peace between the two countries at

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What is the early history of the United States Supreme Court
The two major crises, the Great Depression and World War II may have influenced court action to face these crises more ...has at times maintained a level of independence as envisioned early in its history. <ref>For more on the partial leanings of the Court, see: Baum, L. (2017).

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Why Did the Bretton Woods Economic System End
...visited the hotel in its heyday, by the 1940s it was a shadow of its once great past. The organizers, though, chose the hotel due to its large size and its ...there were some moves to revamp the Gold Standard after the war, the Great Depression made sure that countries would go their own ways. European nations began de

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The Federalist Papers - Number 6
...ply examples of the agency of personal considerations in the production of great national events, either foreign or domestic, according to their direction, The wars of these two last-mentioned nations have in a great measure grown out of commercial considerations,--the desire of supplanting

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The Federalist Papers - Number 55
...ople, and be most likely to aim at a permanent elevation of the few on the depression of the many; fourthly, that defective as the number will be in the first in ...five, has little more than one third of the number of representatives. As great a disparity prevails between the States of Georgia and Delaware or Rhode Is

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Why did the United States diplomatically recognize the Soviet Union in 1933
...some concern to an Administration grappling with the effects of the Great Depression. Finally, the United States was the only major power that continued to with ...Leningrad Communist Party boss, Sergey Kirov, launched the first of the “Great Purges” that led to the death or imprisonment of millions of Soviet citiz

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What were the Neutrality Acts and why did the Roosevelt Administration favor them
...f it. Roosevelt had engineered its inclusion as a deliberate way to assist Great Britain and France in any war against the Axis Powers since he realized tha {{#dpl:category=Great Depression|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=6}}

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Why did the American public favor isolationism during the Great Depression of the 1930s
...rests in Latin America. The leaders of the isolationist movement drew upon history to bolster their position. ====Isolationism has a long history in the United States====

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What is the history of vacations in the United States
====Early History of the Vacation==== ..., see: Falk, J.D., Kinnell, S.K., Brown, J.S., 1987. Searching America: History and life . ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, Calif, pg. 737. </ref>

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How did Charles Mahan's "The Influence of Sea Power" shape American Foreign Policy
...20&linkId=6af39f430c29f3dbe72f7f98764f5893 The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783], a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as ...line in the naval strength of its major European rivals, paved the way for Great Britain’s emergence as the world’s dominant military, political, and ec

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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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How did the Great Depression change American Foreign Policy
...x|Unemployed Men waiting in line for doughnuts and coffee during the Great Depression]]__NOTOC__ The Great Depression of the 1930s was a global event that derived in part from developments in t

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Why did the Republican administrations during the interwar period support high tariffs on international trade
...rtain, however, is that Smoot-Hawley did nothing to foster cooperathttps://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/protectionismion among nations in either the * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]

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What was the 1930 London Naval Conference and was it so important
...ondon Conference of 1935. After an unsuccessful meeting in Geneva in 1927, Great Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy gathered in London in ====Great Britain and the US fought over limits on the size of Naval cruisers====

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When was the controversial Export-Import Bank Created
...used his attention on the domestic economic situation created by the Great Depression. Believing that recovery would come from measures taken at home rather than ====FDR sought to lessen the effects of Depression with reduction in trade barriers====

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The Coming of the French Revolution - Book Review
...h century. While philosophical, Arendt’s discourse anchors itself in the history of the two of the most colossal political and social events of the Western ...ng Europe. Immediately to its east, France watched helplessly as the Great Depression and the Treaty of Versailles allowed Germans to embrace Adolph Hitler ‘s

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How Did Trade Tariffs Develop
====Early History of Tariffs==== ...e: Temin, Peter. 2017. The Roman Market Economy. The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press. </ref>

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How Did Stock Markets Develop
==Early History== ...ol money that would then fund trade caravans. Successful trade would bring great rewards for investors, but risks included raiding or natural disasters that

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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 ...2 are set in a small town in Alabama, called Maycomb, and it is set in the Depression-era of the 1930s. In many ways, it is a traditional coming of age story and

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What is the History of Public Debt
Debt has a long history, particularly for individuals and businesses. On the other hand, public deb ...blic, and Sweden as the Fiscal-Military States, 1500-1660. Warfare and History. London ; New York: Routledge.</ref>

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What is the History of Movie Posters
...the iconic way in which we remember major movie releases. But what is the history of movie posters, and why did people start using them? Movie posters have d ====Early History of Posters====

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How did Oklahoma become a State
...wart, Mark. The Indian Removal Act: Forced Relocation. Snapshots in History. Minneapolis, Minn: Compass Point Books, 2007.</ref> While the United State ...reased, and land disputes increasingly arose. As settlers began to move in great numbers, and the Native Americans in the area had not recovered from intern

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How did Puerto Rico become a US Territory
...ill of rights to govern the island's citizens. With the onset of the Great Depression, and disasters including hurricanes, Puerto Rico's economy decline by 1930. ==Recent 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. John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hoboken, pg. 368. </ref> ...eriod, see: Conlin, J.R., 2014. The American past: a survey of American history. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, pg. 640. </ref>

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