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Nixon won re-election in 1972 with the widest popular vote margin in American history, and consistently led in Gallup polling by wide margins in the months leading up to the election. If his re-election bid was expected to be a walk in the park, why did he break the law to undermine the Democrats?

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In "Hitler's Circle of Evil" on Netflix, the 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses is described as a "flop", with many Germans openly disobeying the SA and continuing to shop at stores owned by Jews. How did German anti-Semitism intensify so quickly in the years following the boycott?

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Many Cuban children in the late 20th century were given names like Usnavi, Usnavy (derived from seeing visiting US Navy ships) and other names with origins that'd be considered rather creative or unique in both Latin American and wider Western culture. Where did this tradition come from?

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How widespread was White disapproval of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States? What drove White Southerners to react so violently to it?

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Nixon won re-election in 1972 with the widest popular vote margin in American history, and consistently led in Gallup polling by wide margins in the months leading up to the election. If his re-election bid was expected to be a walk in the park, why did he break the law to undermine the Democrats?	12008	AskHistorians
In "Hitler's Circle of Evil" on Netflix, the 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses is described as a "flop", with many Germans openly disobeying the SA and continuing to shop at stores owned by Jews. How did German anti-Semitism intensify so quickly in the years following the boycott?	2163	AskHistorians
Many Cuban children in the late 20th century were given names like Usnavi, Usnavy (derived from seeing visiting US Navy ships) and other names with origins that'd be considered rather creative or unique in both Latin American and wider Western culture. Where did this tradition come from?	26	AskHistorians
How widespread was White disapproval of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States? What drove White Southerners to react so violently to it?	6	AskHistorians