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How Has the Mexico-US Border Changed in History
...r itself has changed as the two countries evolved. The border reflects the history between the two countries, that has sometimes been hostile while other time ...Western United States and modern Mexico. The first few decades of Mexico's history were turbulent, as a struggle for power between conservatives, who wanted a

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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. ...ly angered France, the ally of the United States, and led to a split among US politicians, with Jefferson accusing Washington of treason.

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What is the History of US Presidential Scandals?
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How Has the Mexico-US Border Changed in History?
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Media History Top Ten Booklist
...n offered his provocative entry into the little-known canon of campanarian history, considering how bells resonated across the “auditory landscape” of rur ...orthcoming Messengers of the Right (on conservative media) promise to tell us much about the manifold ways that technologies of communication intersect w

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History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten Booklist
...n). American notions of sexuality have dramatically changed throughout its history. These books seek to explain and place American views of sex in an historic ...tory of sexuality list. We understand that there is a distinction but, for us, these two things blur together. Unlike other people, we do not see them a

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American Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ooks helped us think about legal history in new ways. Excitement and legal history are terms that are rarely used together, but after you read these books we ...sistant Professor at the University of Washington - Bothell, ably assisted us in developing this booklist. We can safely say that the best selections on

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19th Century Overview of United States History Top Ten Booklist
...ith conventional safe picks, you leave off some of the good stuff. Trust us, we will get to the good stuff. #Westward Expansion/Environmental History: William Cronon, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393308731/ref=as_li_t

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The Cold War, Sexuality, and American Medicine: Interview with Carolyn Herbst Lewis
...her about it. Carolyn Herbst Lewis is currently a Assistant Professor of History at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Her current research focuses on Dr. ...of sex since I was an undergrad. I also was working in the Contemporary History Institute, which has a post-1945 focus. At some point, I was at a garage sa

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How did the Boxer Rebellion unite Imperial Powers and create Chinese Nationalism
The Boxer Uprising (1899-1901) was a key event in the history of China, as it reflected the colonial powers increasing influence in Chine ...foreign presence in the 19th century, Duara, Prasenjit. 1995. Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of Modern China. Chicago: Unive

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What was the Albany Plan of Union of 1754
{{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=7}} * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian], United States Department of State

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How did Great Britain win the French Indian War (Seven Years War)
{{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=7}} Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian], United States Department of State

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Why did Westward Expansion Lead to the American Revolution
{{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=6}} Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian], United States Department of State

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How Historically Accurate is the Outlaw King
Many of us know the story of Braveheart, where William Wallace leads a major re [[Category: Historically Accurate]][[Category:Wikis]][[Category:British History]]

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The Bronze Age Economy and Trade Top Ten Booklist
...the alphabet and other social ideas. The economy, however, seems alien to us as it was complex and had many aspects to it, spanning from elites in palac The book covers an interesting history in the Near East during the 14th century BC, when the city of Amarna briefl

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How accurate is the movie The Favourite
...of 2018. It is a historical drama set in one of the key periods of British history. It focuses on the relationship of Queen Anne of Great Britain with two of ...mies of the French. This war was to prove to be a key turning point in the history of Europe. As it marked the end of French expansion under Louis IV and the

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Bronze Age (3200-1200 BC) Economy and Trade in the Near East Top Ten Booklist
...the alphabet and other social ideas. The economy, however, seems alien to us as it was complex and had many aspects to it, spanning from elites in palac The book covers an interesting history in the Near East during the 14th century BC, when the city of Amarna briefl

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How did ancient Professional Armies develop
...ar and armies, see: Chaliand, Gérard, ed. 1994. ''The Art of War in World History: From Antiquity to the Nuclear Age''. Berkeley: University of California Pr ...early professional armies in Mesopotamia, see Bauer, S. Wise. 2007. ''The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome''. 1st

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How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well
...il was slow to arrive. Finally, on August 27, 1859, at a depth of 69 feet, history's first oil well came in.<ref>American Chemical Society, "The Development o *[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]

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What was George Washington's military experience before the American Revolution
History tells us that the Continental Congress chose wisely. Washington lost more battles th {{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=10}}

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Which Guns Won the American West
...Century History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]][[Category:History of the American West]] {{Mediawiki:US History}}

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The Conspiracy of Free Trade: Interview with Marc-William Palen
...mes'', the ''Australian'', ''The Conversation'', ''Globalist Magazine'', ''History News Network'' and many others. Palen has recently published two outstandi ...ecutive throughout most of this period and it viewed any attempts to lower US tariff walls to be part of a vast transatlantic free trade conspiracy to un

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How Did Ancient Societies Adapt to Dairy Consumption
Natural selection, the process first uncovered by Charles Darwin, tells us that specific traits, over time, could become selected for, leading to a tr ...e different gene groups. In fact, there are different divergences known to us in relation to dairy consumption; dairy we know has become one of the stron

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What Role did the Motorcycle and Harley-Davidson play in Wartime
...Davidson Motor Company. <ref>”’H-D Supports the Military,” corporate history, Harley Davidson USA, 2015</ref> ...trains mechanics today. <ref>”’H-D Supports the Military,” corporate history, Harley Davidson USA, 2015</ref>

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How did Medicine develop in the Ancient World
...ral regions around the world, which had early complex societies, have left us evidence or documents that describe some of the relatively sophisticated me ...d their involvement in medical practices, see Sigerist, Henry E. 1987. ''A History of Medicine''. Publication / Historical Library, Yale Medical Library, no.

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Why Was Vicksburg “The Gibraltar of the Confederacy”
...vid, Cohen, Lizabeth, Lemley, Piehl, Mel, The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Volume I: To 1877, Wadsworth Publishing, 2005, page 32 ...nd know what I am talking about, and as valuable as New Orleans will be to us, Vicksburg will be more so." <ref>De Togni, Elisa, “The Key in Lincoln’

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Portal:Interviews
...t famous and infamous security guard and detective agency in United States history. Pinkerton originally created the agency to help railroad companies investi ...a. The Century and In Search of America were mini-series that aired on the History Channel and ABC.

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Portal:Booklists
...tability. The First World War was one of the most important wars in human history. There has long been a debate about the exact cause of the First World War. ====[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]====

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How did eugenics develop and why did it persist into the late 20th Century
The answer is that studying such “failed” sciences of the past can give us incredible insight into the origins of scientific theories we now hold to b As modern students of history, we must divorce scientific theories of the past from the unavoidable socie

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Make It Rain: Interview with Kristine C. Harper
....html The University of Chicago Press] explores the bizarre and ridiculous history of state-funded attempts to control the weather. ...ddition to Make it Rain, Professor Harper also wrote the definitive history of meteorology [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262517353/ref=as_li_t

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How has ancient Rome influenced European law
...Roman rules were implemented directly and even today they apply to all of us. For example the fact that we can return faulty purchases to the shop durin [[Category:Legal History]] [[Category:Roman History]] [[Category:European History]]

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How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights
...considered and recognized to be one of the most important documents in the history of democracy itself, as well as civil rights and obligations and common law ...uck: http://www.historyextra.com/feature/magna-carta-turning-point-english-history</ref> An official version of this very document was released soon afterword

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Did the Trojan War really happen
...te of the earliest known written copy of The Iliad. Thus, The Iliad tells us more about society, war, and culture in the 9th century BCE than it does ab ...hat the Trojan War was a historical event in the “Golden Age” of their history. <ref>Bryce, Trevor R. “The Trojan War: Is There Truth Behind the Legend?

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How Did Early Judicial Systems Evolve
...zens. The concept of justice, in fact, has evolved from very early written history, showing some similarities early on with modern ideas of law and justice fo ...laws of Urukagina, see: Kramer, Samuel Noah. 1995. ''The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character''. 12. [pr.]. Chicago: The Univ. of Chicago Press.<

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How Did Gold Become Desired by Ancient Civilizations
...e finds at Nahal Qanah and Varna Necropolis show is that early from gold's history it had already become an object that differentiated wealth and status in so ...y Life in Ancient Mesopotamia''. The Greenwood Press “Daily Life through History” Series. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, pg. 123.</ref> Gold, for privat

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Did the Battle of Fredericksburg Change the Identities of Irish Soldiers
...esidents between 1730 and 1754.<ref>Jay P. Dolan, ''The Irish Americans: A History'' (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008), 6-8.</ref> With vast expanses of fert

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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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Why did museums develop
...e think of museums as areas that display the past, our culture, or natural history of our world. This certainly has developed to be the modern norm; however, The world's first museum known to us appears to be from Babylon, now in southern Iraq, found within the palace o

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Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Travers
Len Travers is professor of history at the Univesity of Massachusetts Dartmouth and he is also the author of [h ...or parts of them, are recovered in this book. Together their stories give us a “snapshot” of early American lives not commonly found in histories of

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How did Joseph Stalin react to the German invasion during WWII
...he news was true. The Soviet leader had also ignored all warnings from the US, British governments, and even his own intelligence officers. Economic and ...reach the Kremlin gates. <ref>Joseph Stalin and World War II - http://www.history.com/topics/joseph-stalin</ref> The German assault on the Soviet Union was w

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What was the Bracero Program
...bnail|left|300px|Mexican workers in Mexicali waiting for legal work in the US]] ...can farm laborers, "Braceros" in Spanish, to come to the US to augment the US farm labor force. Debates about immigration policy, including recent discus

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What is the history of government shutdowns in the United States
...nt shutdowns has not only emerged but has increasingly been as a weapon in US politics. Why has this happened? ...o furlough its workers. Initially, it was interpreted that agencies of the US government could continue working without sufficient funds, and fund employ

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Why did the United States and Soviet Union Reach Detente During the Cold War
====The Collapse of US/USSR relations after World War 2==== ...not to run for re-election. <ref>Gaddis, John Lewis, ''The Cold War: a New History.''' New York: Penguin Books, 2006. pgs. 79-80.</ref>

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When Did Jackie Robinson Integrate Baseball and Why Is It Important
...athlete was short-lived. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the US entry into World War Two, Robinson was drafted into the army in 1942. Like The color line was receding to history, but racial intolerance and discrimination were not. During that 1947 seaso

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How Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union
Stalin was one of the bloodiest tyrants in world history. He was the absolute ruler of the Soviet Union and later of the Communist b * [[What is the History of US Presidential Scandals?]]

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How did Aristotle fundamentally change philosophy and science
...n how the concept of the university developed and Aristotle's lifetime and history, see: Höffe, O. (2003). [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/079145634X/r Few thinkers directly known to us have so influenced the modern world as Aristotle. While in many ways, he wa

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What were Joseph Stalin's goals as World War Two ended
...in the Tehran Conference. The main discussion of the meeting, held by the US President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and ...accordance with the decisions made at the Tehran Conference, Britain and US troops launched an invasion of France, opening the so-called “second fron

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The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin
Terri Halperin is a member of the University of Richmond History Department and an adjunct professor of the James Madison Memorial Foundatio ...e think about how Congress worked at its beginnings. My dissertation was a history of the United States Senate from 1789 to 1821.

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Why did the United States Gain the Upper Hand Against the Soviet Union at the End of the Cold War
..._U.S._embassy_in_Tehran.jpg|left|thumbnail|250px|Iranian Students invading US Embassy]] ...with the West. <ref>Gaddis, John Lewis. ''We now know: rethinking Cold War history.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Pages 45-49.</ref>

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What was Atomic Diplomacy
* Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State] * Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/atomic| Atomic Diplomacy]

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What caused Bacon's Rebellion
...probably one of the most confusing and intriguing chapters in Jamestown's history. For many years, historians considered the Virginia Rebellion of 1676 to be Thus ended one of the most unusual and complicated chapters in Jamestown's history. Could it have been prevented or was it time for inevitable changes to take

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Why was Nikita Khrushchev deposed as the leader of the USSR
...t to the Stalinist emphasis on heavy industry. Khrushchev began seeing the US and the West much more as a rival instead of an evil entity. He aimed at sh

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The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline
...orandum and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, Its History and Annexation'' (New York: 1859), 12-13.</ref> The reasons for Bowie’s a ...rter, Interview.</ref> Given Bowie’s alcoholic tendencies and documented history as a binge drinker, this diagnosis is highly plausible if not probable.

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Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby
...ess]) examines how a conflict with Protestantism, in the decades following US independence transformed American national identity. It made sense to get h .... It’s a bequest that includes American slavery and American racism, the US Constitution, and the country’s first and last dynasty of Presidents. Se

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