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How accurate is the statement: "Radical and Moderate Republicans set a trap for President Andrew Johnson by passing the Tenure of Office Act because they didn't like his Southern sympathies"?	2
Warren Harding campaigned for president from his front porch. Why would so many people come to his house to hear him speak? How did he become that popular?	1
How did the Ibadi faith thrive in Oman and not get absorbed into Shia or Sunni Islam?	1
How did average interwar Germans feel about the Nazis changing their flag? In what ways, if at all, did they interpret the swastika?	1
At the age of 68, President William Henry Harrison was the 3rd oldest president. Was his age ever an issue during his presidential campaign?	1
How did the US and USSR feel about the Chinese nuclear tests in the 1960s given the general lawlessness in China caused by the Red Guard and the cultural revolution?	1
Ghadaffi's Libya tried to purchase nuclear weapons from China, India, and Pakistan - but why not the Soviet Union? Did the Soviets explicitly decide to never sell nuclear weapons?	1
How much did the Great Depression impact Latin America? What changed with respect to inflation, unemployment and family structure? How did South American nations escape the Depression without being directly involved in the Second World War?	1
What is the history of (American) presidential speechwriters? Has there been a president who wrote all of their speeches themselves? Given their utilization for nearly every speech today, are their any challenges for historians regarding using these speeches to analyze a president's true thoughts?	1
At what point did American Presidents have a chef and kitchen staff? Did any Presidents cook their own meals?	1

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