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In response to the First Continental Congress, British essayist Samuel Johnson wrote "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" How prevalent was this noted hypocrisy by British and Americans at the time?

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To what extent, if any, did Abraham Lincoln know Karl Marx?

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I'm a married woman in Civil War America. I live with my husband in Virginia while my parents live in Maryland. How easy would it be for me to travel freely between the Union and the Confederacy?

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To what extent, if any, did the Holocaust have on the loss of faith among the Jewish community in the immediate aftermath of World War II?

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How realistic was the idea that France would be partitioned off in the years before the French Revolution?

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What was the Supreme Court's role before Marbury v. Madison?

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How ethnically diverse was Poland in the years prior to WW2?

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When did the average Roman citizen realize they no longer lived in a republic?

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I'm a merchant living in Roman Africa during the reign of Emperor Hadrian but I want to start a new life in Britannia. Would it be possible for me to do so? If so, how would I be able to do so?

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Why did the South, which benefited heavily from the New Deal, begin to support anti-New Deal Republican politicians by the late 1960s?

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In response to the First Continental Congress, British essayist Samuel Johnson wrote "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" How prevalent was this noted hypocrisy by British and Americans at the time?	2255
To what extent, if any, did Abraham Lincoln know Karl Marx?	1298
I'm a married woman in Civil War America. I live with my husband in Virginia while my parents live in Maryland. How easy would it be for me to travel freely between the Union and the Confederacy?	105
To what extent, if any, did the Holocaust have on the loss of faith among the Jewish community in the immediate aftermath of World War II?	23
How realistic was the idea that France would be partitioned off in the years before the French Revolution?	17
What was the Supreme Court's role before Marbury v. Madison?	11
How ethnically diverse was Poland in the years prior to WW2?	10
When did the average Roman citizen realize they no longer lived in a republic?	8
I'm a merchant living in Roman Africa during the reign of Emperor Hadrian but I want to start a new life in Britannia. Would it be possible for me to do so? If so, how would I be able to do so?	8
Why did the South, which benefited heavily from the New Deal, begin to support anti-New Deal Republican politicians by the late 1960s?	8