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Why did Carter lose the Evangelical vote to Reagan?

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What was the extent of Thomas Jefferson's advocacy for abolition and was the hypocrisy of Jefferson advocating abolition while keeping his own slaves noted/criticized during his political career or later life?

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[Meta] [Gender and Gender Roles] What are the best AH threads on historical social constructs?

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I know that some cities/towns in the American "Wild West" banned guns; how prevalent was this practice and was it controversial at the time?

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To what extent was the killing of Latasha Harlins and light sentence of her killer a motivator and/or catalyst for the 1992 L.A. Riots?

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How did the New York Times become the US's "paper of record?"

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Many Manhattan Project physicists were Jewish immigrants; were there any qualms about this among the military and/or political leadership? Were there any problems getting security clearances for all the scientists wanted?

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Lower class children have historically offset the cost of raising them or even increased a family's resources from middle childhood through unskilled labor. But what about aristocratic children? At what age did aristocrats generally start contributing to their family's resources?

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What policies did the Nazis enact to INCREASE birthrates, and what were their effects?

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This got to 297 upvotes, so I'll submit it again: Why does the US Constitution's 13th amendment specifically allow prison labor? Was there any fear that this would lead to the continued de facto slavery that resulted?

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Why did Carter lose the Evangelical vote to Reagan?	6
What was the extent of Thomas Jefferson's advocacy for abolition and was the hypocrisy of Jefferson advocating abolition while keeping his own slaves noted/criticized during his political career or later life?	6
[Meta] [Gender and Gender Roles] What are the best AH threads on historical social constructs?	6
I know that some cities/towns in the American "Wild West" banned guns; how prevalent was this practice and was it controversial at the time?	6
To what extent was the killing of Latasha Harlins and light sentence of her killer a motivator and/or catalyst for the 1992 L.A. Riots?	6
How did the New York Times become the US's "paper of record?"	6
Many Manhattan Project physicists were Jewish immigrants; were there any qualms about this among the military and/or political leadership? Were there any problems getting security clearances for all the scientists wanted?	6
Lower class children have historically offset the cost of raising them or even increased a family's resources from middle childhood through unskilled labor. But what about aristocratic children? At what age did aristocrats generally start contributing to their family's resources?	6
What policies did the Nazis enact to INCREASE birthrates, and what were their effects?	6
This got to 297 upvotes, so I'll submit it again: Why does the US Constitution's 13th amendment specifically allow prison labor? Was there any fear that this would lead to the continued de facto slavery that resulted?	6