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Crispus Attucks was the only African-American killed in the Boston Massacre. Did American colonists memorialize his death any differently than the other, white victims?

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In his history of Occupied Paris, David Drake claims that the wives of hundreds if not thousands of Parisian POWs resorted to prostitution with German soldiers for food, supplies, and/or money. What were the ramifications of this after liberation, at both the familial and national level?

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"Historians make only two arguments: 'it's more complex' or 'it happened sooner.'" Do you agree with this observation?

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In the film "The Lives of Others," the main character states that the GDR quit compiling suicide statistics in 1977. Is this true? Do we know if suicide rates were higher behind the Iron Curtain than in Western Europe?

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When did the modern notion of "the American dream" become popular and how has it shaped the way Americans conceptualize domestic politics?

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Why did Stalin purge the old, inter-war Communists of Eastern Europe in the immediate aftermath of World War II?

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Why did the Black Panthers not have a large presence in the American South? Or did they?

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Upon hearing the term "lost generation," Ernest Hemingway remarked that "all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be." Was he right, or is there something unique about the WWI generation's sense of dislocation and loss?

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Has the Supreme Court ever issued a ruling, other than Bush v. Gore (2000), that it's decision cannot be cited as precedent?

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Wednesday AMA: Terrorism

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Crispus Attucks was the only African-American killed in the Boston Massacre. Did American colonists memorialize his death any differently than the other, white victims?	628
In his history of Occupied Paris, David Drake claims that the wives of hundreds if not thousands of Parisian POWs resorted to prostitution with German soldiers for food, supplies, and/or money. What were the ramifications of this after liberation, at both the familial and national level?	117
"Historians make only two arguments: 'it's more complex' or 'it happened sooner.'" Do you agree with this observation?	102
In the film "The Lives of Others," the main character states that the GDR quit compiling suicide statistics in 1977. Is this true? Do we know if suicide rates were higher behind the Iron Curtain than in Western Europe?	97
When did the modern notion of "the American dream" become popular and how has it shaped the way Americans conceptualize domestic politics?	82
Why did Stalin purge the old, inter-war Communists of Eastern Europe in the immediate aftermath of World War II?	69
Why did the Black Panthers not have a large presence in the American South? Or did they?	61
Upon hearing the term "lost generation," Ernest Hemingway remarked that "all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be." Was he right, or is there something unique about the WWI generation's sense of dislocation and loss?	47
Has the Supreme Court ever issued a ruling, other than Bush v. Gore (2000), that it's decision cannot be cited as precedent?	43
Wednesday AMA: Terrorism	42