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What happened to the Roanoke colony?

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Why do so many towns use Native American figures as their high school mascot?

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Emily Dickinson's poems were initially published (posthumously) in the 1890s. Do we know what contemporary female poets thought of her/her work when it was finally released?

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What’s the history of medical gender transitioning? or: Around the time of, say, Stonewall (1969), what options were available for transgender people interested in sex reassignment?

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In the BBC sitcom "Upstart Crow", set in 1590s England, Will frequently rants about the journey from London to Stratford and back. What would that transport have actually looked like?

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I'm a student in 19th century America. What books am I reading in my English/Literature class(es), and what lessons am I expected to learn from reading and analyzing these texts?

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[WP] Years from now (decades, maybe even a century or so), a high-schooler does a history report on the early 2010s. Their only primary sources are Facebook posts, Instagram photos, Tumblr blogs, and forms of social media of today. Write their report.

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What was going on in the web development world that XHTML was designed to address? Was it successful?

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My mom's grandparents were Jews who came to America from Russia, Poland, and Austria in the 1910s. Would they likely have been considered "Russian" or "Polish" or "Austrian"?

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When and how did dinosaurs become marketed to children as fun animals?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What happened to the Roanoke colony?	38	AskHistorians
Why do so many towns use Native American figures as their high school mascot?	29	AskHistorians
Emily Dickinson's poems were initially published (posthumously) in the 1890s. Do we know what contemporary female poets thought of her/her work when it was finally released?	28	AskHistorians
What’s the history of medical gender transitioning? or: Around the time of, say, Stonewall (1969), what options were available for transgender people interested in sex reassignment?	28	AskHistorians
In the BBC sitcom "Upstart Crow", set in 1590s England, Will frequently rants about the journey from London to Stratford and back. What would that transport have actually looked like?	26	AskHistorians
I'm a student in 19th century America. What books am I reading in my English/Literature class(es), and what lessons am I expected to learn from reading and analyzing these texts?	26	AskHistorians
[WP] Years from now (decades, maybe even a century or so), a high-schooler does a history report on the early 2010s. Their only primary sources are Facebook posts, Instagram photos, Tumblr blogs, and forms of social media of today. Write their report.	25	WritingPrompts
What was going on in the web development world that XHTML was designed to address? Was it successful?	22	AskHistorians
My mom's grandparents were Jews who came to America from Russia, Poland, and Austria in the 1910s. Would they likely have been considered "Russian" or "Polish" or "Austrian"?	21	AskHistorians
When and how did dinosaurs become marketed to children as fun animals?	19	AskHistorians