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What happened to draftees in the US Army during the Vietnam War that failed basic training?

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Why did the Southern United States become more religious than the Northern United States?

541 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When America was a truly racist society, i.e. Jim Crow, if an average person were to be called a racist, would they just shrug and agree?

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Do historians know why we see dragon mythology in both Europe and China?

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Why did the Catholic Church seem to be opposed to lay people reading the Bible?

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In the movie the Death of Stalin, Orthodox priests show up to the funeral. I thought that Stalin had persecuted the Orthodox church underground. How accurate is them showing up to the funeral? What did Stalin's persecution of the Church entail then if it did not have to go underground?

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Did the people living in the 30 Years War view it as one long continuous war, or several wars one right after the other?

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Why did the House of Saud choose to call their state a kingdom and not something like Sultanate?

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How did pre-Islamic Arabia view Allah?

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Why did Laos and Cambodia allow the North Vietnamese to use the Ho Chi Minh Trail in their countries?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What happened to draftees in the US Army during the Vietnam War that failed basic training?	1355	AskHistorians
Why did the Southern United States become more religious than the Northern United States?	541	AskHistorians
When America was a truly racist society, i.e. Jim Crow, if an average person were to be called a racist, would they just shrug and agree?	441	AskHistorians
Do historians know why we see dragon mythology in both Europe and China?	352	AskHistorians
Why did the Catholic Church seem to be opposed to lay people reading the Bible?	288	AskHistorians
In the movie the Death of Stalin, Orthodox priests show up to the funeral. I thought that Stalin had persecuted the Orthodox church underground. How accurate is them showing up to the funeral? What did Stalin's persecution of the Church entail then if it did not have to go underground?	250	AskHistorians
Did the people living in the 30 Years War view it as one long continuous war, or several wars one right after the other?	148	AskHistorians
Why did the House of Saud choose to call their state a kingdom and not something like Sultanate?	101	AskHistorians
How did pre-Islamic Arabia view Allah?	91	AskHistorians
Why did Laos and Cambodia allow the North Vietnamese to use the Ho Chi Minh Trail in their countries?	77	AskHistorians