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Mexican nationalism often focuses on Aztec heritage. How did Mexico manage to square that with being a predominantly Spanish-speaking and Catholic country? Were there ever efforts to revive Nahuatl? (Not that it's extinct, but it's a small minority language today)

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In 1982, former arch-segregationist George Wallace became governor of Alabama by winning over 90% of the black vote. How did Southern Democrats manage to balance being the party of both segregationists and black voters for so long?

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Much of the American South was functionally not a democracy up into the 50s and 60s. While the north was racist, surely Republicans would've resented that these states were basically guaranteed votes for Democrats in the Electoral College? Did white northerners protest against this pre-Civil Rights?

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Do we know how non-Mediterranean ancient civilizations regarded left-handedness?

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Books on pre-Columbian South America outside of the Andes?

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Immediately after the US Civil War, how widespread was support for extending voting and citizenship rights to freedmen among northerners?

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Was Alan Turing a transgender woman?

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Why did it take so long for New Mexico to be admitted as a US state?

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Mexican nationalism often focuses on Aztec heritage. How did Mexico manage to square that with being a predominantly Spanish-speaking and Catholic country? Were there ever efforts to revive Nahuatl? (Not that it's extinct, but it's a small minority language today)	353	AskHistorians
In 1982, former arch-segregationist George Wallace became governor of Alabama by winning over 90% of the black vote. How did Southern Democrats manage to balance being the party of both segregationists and black voters for so long?	46	AskHistorians
Much of the American South was functionally not a democracy up into the 50s and 60s. While the north was racist, surely Republicans would've resented that these states were basically guaranteed votes for Democrats in the Electoral College? Did white northerners protest against this pre-Civil Rights?	4	AskHistorians
Do we know how non-Mediterranean ancient civilizations regarded left-handedness?	3	AskHistorians
Books on pre-Columbian South America outside of the Andes?	2	AskHistorians
Immediately after the US Civil War, how widespread was support for extending voting and citizenship rights to freedmen among northerners?	1	AskHistorians
Was Alan Turing a transgender woman?	0	AskHistorians
Why did it take so long for New Mexico to be admitted as a US state?	0	AskHistorians