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Why didn't Florida become part of Mexico if it was part of New Spain when the Mexican War of Independence broke out?	47
Some Mexicans have Nahuatl surnames (e.g., Poctzin, Xico(h)téncatl, etc.). Are these survivals from pre-colonial times, later national-romantic/indigenist adoptions, or something else entirely?	47
In 1780's (i.e., pre-Revolutionary) Paris, what is the likelihood that a poor Parisian would have seen Louis XVI and/or Marie Antoinette with his or her own eyes at some point?	46
What exactly was alternative rock alternative to?	46
Has a historical consensus been reached as to whether R. Budd Dwyer was innocent or guilty of the charges that led him to commit suicide on live TV?	46
Mexico (and other Latin American countries, I believe) historically received many immigrants from Syria and Lebanon. Why did Lebanese and Syrian emigrants consider Mexico an attractive destination?	46
Well known are the acts of voter suppression (e.g., so-called literacy tests, grandfather clauses, outright violence) to which black Americans were subjected for at least a century after emancipation. Were women voters subjected to similar acts in the elections of the 1920s and 30s?	46
In Russia's 1996 presidential election, the areas where Yeltsin's main opponent, Communist Gennady Zyuganov, won nearly coincide with Russia's border regions. What's the reason for this? Did culture and/or living conditions at the border make returning to communism more attractive there?	45
How did American Country music get associated with idealized Old Wild West imagery when its origins (if I'm not mistaken) lie more in the American South than in the Western US?	45
The Music Man is of course fictional, but was there a real moral panic about pool in the US in the early 20th c.? Also, was billiards seen as a wholesome game in contrast to pool? (third attempt)	45

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