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Were there Americans who pushed back against sacrifices the average citizen were forced to make during WW2 (ration books, limits on gas, ECT.) In the same vain that we are seeing today with measures taken to combat Covid-19?

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Growing up my grandfather, born in 1904, used to tell me that Sicilians were slaves when his father escaped to the New World. Is there any truth in what he told me?

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Did southerners have to reapply for American citizenship after the civil war?

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Who owned the ships that brought the immigrants to Ellis Island?

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Were there Americans who pushed back against sacrifices the average citizen were forced to make during WW2 (ration books, limits on gas, ECT.) In the same vain that we are seeing today with measures taken to combat Covid-19?	4474
Growing up my grandfather, born in 1904, used to tell me that Sicilians were slaves when his father escaped to the New World. Is there any truth in what he told me?	34
Did southerners have to reapply for American citizenship after the civil war?	18
Who owned the ships that brought the immigrants to Ellis Island?	2