/u/Paulie_Gatto's posts

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To what degree were the Confederate monuments, place names and so on meant to honor them, to promote the Lost Cause myth, or meant to show black Americans who was still in charge?	20	AskHistorians
In "Uncle Tom's Cabin" a few slave-owners are of different types - sympathetic yet corrupted Arthur Shelby, aloof and cynical St. Clare, and a cruel tormentor in Simon Legree. Is this how abolitionists viewed slave owners as having these viewpoints where some may realize the evils of slavery?	20	AskHistorians
I've seen it pointed out that the light treatment of traitorous Confederates after the war (alongside the abandonment of Reconstruction) as helping cement white supremacy regime in the South. How unusual was it for a nation at this time to not harshly punish traitors after a civil war?	19	AskHistorians
How much of an effect did WWI and WWII have on the popularity or critical thought of Nietzsche and Kant?	19	AskHistorians
40 years to the day since Iraq's surprise attack on Iran, what exactly was Iraq's war aims? How did those shift before Saddam declared that Iraq will be on the defensive by the end of 1980? With Iran on the offensive afterwards, what did they hope to achieve?	19	AskHistorians
A little over 20 years ago, Heaven's Gate cultists committed suicide and gained nationwide attention. Was Heaven's Gate well-known before? Were there other cults before them in the 1990s where suicide was prevalent?	19	AskHistorians
How much of Timothy Dexter's success stories are actually that farcical? Did he really send cats to Havana and made a fortune selling them there? Was he really told to send coal to Newcastle just to make a fortune off the strike at the time? Did he really fake his death to see the reaction?	18	AskHistorians
Herman Melville absconded his ship to live with the natives of Tai Pī (forming the basis for his first novel Typee). How big of an issue were sailors who left their duty during the 19th century, when stopped at a port or an island? What was the process for catching and punishing those caught?	18	AskHistorians
Julius Nyerere is lauded in Tanzania for his social progress that was made under his time as leader. His economic policy, following his 'African socialism' theory, does not seem to be held in high regard, considering the state of the economy afterwards. Why did it fail? And did it have imitators?	17	AskHistorians
Looking at the numbers for police officer deaths in the US, the 70s were a particularly bad decade with over 100 cops being killed by gunfire in almost every year. By the 1980s the number fell to below 100 and seems to trend downward. How did police departments respond to these deaths?	17	AskHistorians

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