/u/ProgressIsAMyth's posts

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Though they were obviously adversaries, what were the specific caricatures of the Hashemites and the al-Saud of one another during the years of Abdulaziz's conquests and eventual capture of Mecca and Medina? In particular, how did they invoke Islam to condemn one another?	1	AskHistorians
When the US Secret Service began protecting the President after William McKinley’s assassination, was there any concern that it would establish a precedent where the President could be considered “above the law?”	1	AskHistorians
In the immediate aftermath of Ford's pardon of Nixon, was there any speculation in the media or among the general public that Nixon expected the pardon and that his resignation was therefore - in part - a "quid pro quo?"	1	AskHistorians
What was the spectrum of opinion regarding the Confederate States of America among Northern Democrats during the American Civil War? Which views were most common, and which ones were less?	1	AskHistorians
How was “the executive power” described in Article II of the US Constitution understood by the Constitution's writers/framers?	1	AskHistorians
Are there any texts or other historical documents from the 19th or early 20th centuries that predicted or suggested that the San Francisco Bay Area would become the hub of “cutting-edge” technology that it is today?	1	AskHistorians
Was a Catholic monarch perceived by many in Early Modern England as inevitably leading to absolutism, with not just Jacob II but also Louis XIV in mind?	1	AskHistorians
As I understand it, Hitler and other Nazi leaders ordered the German population in March/April 1945 to fight to the last man, woman, and child (correct me if I’m wrong). Did this experience influence the US perception of Japan having an equivalent total commitment to fighting a losing war?	0	AskHistorians
The pre-Civil War Democratic Party opposed a federal program of internal improvements. Did Southern Democrats fear that an interdependent, national infrastructure would reduce the economic influence of the Slave Power and the political influence of the slave states?	0	AskHistorians
How did the Ottoman Empire’s collapse affect the Arab world’s relationship to/view of Islam? Specifically, was there any immediate push for the “Islamization” of Arab societies after the Ottomans’ collapse?	0	AskHistorians

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