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West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a state in 1863 after several Unionist counties in northwestern Virginia sought to form their own state. After the Civil War, were there ever any attempts by Virginia to "reconquer" West Virginia and bring them back into the state?	4
In "1776", Jefferson and Adams use their colleges (William & Mary and Harvard) as support during an argument over grammar. Were certain schools considered more prestigious than others in Colonial America in the same way we consider certain schools to be superior (i.e. Ivy League) today?	4
What was Soviet foreign policy like between the fall of the Eastern Bloc in 1989/1990 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991?	4
Why did English monarchs try to conquer France during the 100 Years' War when Scotland was right there?	4
How important of a city was Pompeii to the Roman Empire at the time of its destruction? How did Roman society react to the total destruction of a major city within the span of a few hours?	3
A professor of mine once said that many in the Allies did not believe reports of what was happening during the Holocaust due to anti-German propaganda in WWI being completely fabricated, and this was a reason that the Allies did not do more to prevent the Holocaust as it was happening. Is this true?	3
What was different about the Ottoman Empire compared to other Turkic states that allowed them to become so successful?	3
In the 1999 film, The Mummy, many of the characters speak in "Ancient Egyptian". How close is it to what Ancient Egyptian actually would have sounded like, and how are we able to find out what it did sound like?	3
What was the attitude towards the Ancient Greek city-states (such as Athens and Sparta) during the time of the Byzantine Empire.	3
Did the Romans (or any other ancient civilization) know about Macaronesia?	3

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