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The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution bans slavery "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted" - what does that part of the 13th Amendment mean?

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I saw on a TikTok that Alexander Graham Bell wanted to ban intermarriages between deaf people and people who are not deaf, wanted to ban sign language, and was pro-eugenics. Is this true? And, if so, how common were these views about deaf people?

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What is the true origin of the POW/MIA flag in the United Stares?

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When and why did Christians in the United States start eating ham on Easter? And was it an anti-Semitic jab at people of Jewish faith who keep kosher?

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After the 1983 coup d'état in Hawaii, President Grover Cleveland rejected calls to annex the islands. Why?

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In 1978, voters in California rejected a ballot measure that would ban gay teachers. Such a ban existed in Oklahoma and Arkansas at the time. How many other states banned gay teachers? When were these bans repealed?

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What percentage of slaves in the United States were from indigenous tribes?

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In the past, how long were U.S. primary campaign seasons?

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In Frances Cress Welsing's 1970 "Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism," she posits that the root cause of racism is white people fearing that non-white people could genetically annihilate white people if white people and non-white people have offspring together. Is this historically sound?

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Why were racist postcards banned in 1908 but by the United States Postal Service?

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The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution bans slavery "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted" - what does that part of the 13th Amendment mean?	143
I saw on a TikTok that Alexander Graham Bell wanted to ban intermarriages between deaf people and people who are not deaf, wanted to ban sign language, and was pro-eugenics. Is this true? And, if so, how common were these views about deaf people?	30
What is the true origin of the POW/MIA flag in the United Stares?	10
When and why did Christians in the United States start eating ham on Easter? And was it an anti-Semitic jab at people of Jewish faith who keep kosher?	9
After the 1983 coup d'état in Hawaii, President Grover Cleveland rejected calls to annex the islands. Why?	8
In 1978, voters in California rejected a ballot measure that would ban gay teachers. Such a ban existed in Oklahoma and Arkansas at the time. How many other states banned gay teachers? When were these bans repealed?	7
What percentage of slaves in the United States were from indigenous tribes?	4
In the past, how long were U.S. primary campaign seasons?	4
In Frances Cress Welsing's 1970 "Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism," she posits that the root cause of racism is white people fearing that non-white people could genetically annihilate white people if white people and non-white people have offspring together. Is this historically sound?	3
Why were racist postcards banned in 1908 but by the United States Postal Service?	1