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When news broke out about the Watergate scandal, did Nixon ever attempt to find and sack 'Deep Throat?'	10
Corruption is popularly shown to be one of the main causes of the Fall of South Vietnam. Just how corrupt was the South Vietnamese government compared to other countries* of the time, say North Vietnam? How badly did it hurt the US and South Vietnam war effort?	10
According to the Atlantic, by the 1990s South Korea produced 30% of the world‘s animation. Considering that only 40 years ago, South Korea was still struggling economically, how did they develop such a strong and global animation industry?	9
Today marks the 79th anniversary of FDR’s Executive Order 9066 detaining large numbers of Japanese-Americans (and some German and Italian Americans). Before the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, what methods did any of these groups use to regain their lost wealth or property?	9
According to Christopher Clark in The Sleepwalkers, the 1914 ultimatum issued to Serbia by Austria-Hungary was not as 'harsh' as the 1999 Rambouillet ultimatum to Serbia by NATO. What was so harsh about the Rambouillet ultimatum?	9
In a recent article, historian Stephen Kotkin asserts that "the Reagan-Thatcher revolution launched a renewal of the Anglo-American sphere with an emphasis on free markets, which ignited decades of growth." Was this actually the case?	9
What was the relationship between FDR and King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia like? Were they particularly close? Did FDR really had plans to change his stance on the Israel/Palestine partition to be more favorable to Arabs/Palestinians because of King Abdulaziz?	8
How did Malcolm X views on Jewish people evolve over time?	8
The American education system likes to portray Booker T. Washington and Du Bois' tactics as a binary: with Booker and Du Bois on opposite sides. Did such a narrative took place when both men were alive?	8
Did West Germany ever try to incentivize intellectuals, who previously fled Nazi persecution, to return back to Germany?	8

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