/u/AnnalsPornographie's posts in /r/askhistorians
[META] Calling all artsy/crafty people! Help us come up with new&better Snoos and other AskHistorians artwork!
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Is it true that many American cities built highways as a way of dividing white and black neighborhoods? How was this done?
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It seems that Chien-Shiung Wu was pivotal in discovering the science behind the nuclear bomb, but she was not awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957 like her colleagues. How much did she contribute towards the Manhattan Project?
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After the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, a large-scale indentured labor system in India that was referred to as the "coolie trade" developed. How did this develop and why was it permitted? What were the lives of these workers like?
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So what's the deal with Christian Scientists? Why did they call themselves that, and how did they get organized?
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It is often said that the Black Death ended feudalism in Europe by driving up wages. Is this accurate? Was feudalism still an institution in most of Europe at the time of the plague?
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