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Why weren’t Soviet satellite states like Poland, East Germany and Hungary just absorbed into the USSR?

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How did the word ‘mate’ become so ubiquitous as a term of endearment in the UK, Ireland, Australia and South Africa but not in North America?

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At what point did the Native American population stop having a significant impact on proceedings in the USA and why?

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How did the American military in 1947 decide (however briefly) that an alien space craft was the best thing to say to the general public about Roswell?

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Why wasn’t the Crystal Palace rebuilt?

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What was archeology like before colonialism?

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When the policy switch with the Republicans and the Democrats on racial policy took place did voters immediately abandon their traditional party or was the voter switch gradual?

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At what point in history did cavalry become ineffectual?

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Were the Europeans significantly ahead of the American during the Civil War or was their dismissal of tactics used there mostly arrogance?

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Was any representation for the American colonies ever on the cards prior to the revolutionary war?

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Why weren’t Soviet satellite states like Poland, East Germany and Hungary just absorbed into the USSR?	41	AskHistorians
How did the word ‘mate’ become so ubiquitous as a term of endearment in the UK, Ireland, Australia and South Africa but not in North America?	31	AskHistorians
At what point did the Native American population stop having a significant impact on proceedings in the USA and why?	29	AskHistorians
How did the American military in 1947 decide (however briefly) that an alien space craft was the best thing to say to the general public about Roswell?	25	AskHistorians
Why wasn’t the Crystal Palace rebuilt?	16	AskHistorians
What was archeology like before colonialism?	13	AskHistorians
When the policy switch with the Republicans and the Democrats on racial policy took place did voters immediately abandon their traditional party or was the voter switch gradual?	8	AskHistorians
At what point in history did cavalry become ineffectual?	8	AskHistorians
Were the Europeans significantly ahead of the American during the Civil War or was their dismissal of tactics used there mostly arrogance?	6	AskHistorians
Was any representation for the American colonies ever on the cards prior to the revolutionary war?	6	AskHistorians