/u/Mithcanal2's posts in /r/askhistorians
Being just over 50 years later, did any veterans of the US Civil War live to take part in World War 1 as commanders or generals?
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Being just under a hundred years after the end of the civil war, did any former slaves live to see or take part in the civil rights movement?
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Being only 80 years apart, are there any documented cases of a slave(s) being born prior to United States independence (1783) who lived to be liberated by the emancipation proclamation (1863)?
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Who was the last living certifiable person to have been born in the 1700's, and when did he/she die?
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Why was King Edward VIII's marriage to a Divorcee so opposed by the Church of England, when the church was founded on the basis of allowing Divorce by King Henry VIII?
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Was there any concern at the time among military officials or the public that the Korean War could have escalated to a Nuclear conflict, with the Soviets' involvement and their newly successful nuclear program?
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After The Hundred Years War, how long did it take for relations between France and England to normalise following several generations of conflict between the two countries?
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Following the end of the United States Civil War, did any large political parties or movements in the Southern states openly run on platforms of re-establishing slavery?
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