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Buchanan is often thought of as one of the worst presidents due to his inability to prevent a civil war. However, was the civil war inevitable by the time Buchanan took office or could a more politically savvy president have prevented the war?
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Did the US Government put any controls in place to specifically prevent a wealthy private individual from creating a nuclear weapon?
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In 1871, Bismarck unified almost all the German speaking lands except for Austria. Why was Austria left out?
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When Lisbon was captured in 1147 during the Reconquista, most of the Christian troops were from England and Germany who subsequently stayed on to repopulate the city. Do we know much about what effect this had? Was Lisbon seen as an ethnically and culturally non-Portuguese city after the conquest?
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America seems to have an obsession with its own decline, are there any examples of civilizations in history who were obsessed with her own decline, and were they right or wrong about it?
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It’s now established fact that Vikings were in Canada around five centuries before Columbus made his voyage. Why didn’t they remain in America, why didn’t they settle more of the continent?
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