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Is it possible to date when Chinese American families immigrated to North America based on the spellings of their last names? Through the 20th century It appears like the spellings of common last names have changed. For example, "Lew" would now be spelled as "Liu".	16
Conditions for children in school at the turn of the century have been noted to be cruel, humiliating, and there was evidence of corporal punishment. How was this different than the experience of First Nations peoples in the Residential Schools during the same time period?	15
In the waning days of apartheid, was there ever a popular movement amongst whites, intellectuals or otherwise, to do away with democracy altogether?	9
What effect did Bruce Lee's death have on nascent Hong Kong cinema and the film world at large?	4
Is the idea of “fair play” something that was commonly understood and appreciated by the countries who participated in the early modern Olympics?	2
Has there ever been a populist leader who rose to power on apparent demagoguery where his (or her) rule was surprisingly benign and well regarded by historians after the fact?	2
Have any modern democracies featured an incumbent who lost an election, but then decided not to recognize the results of the election which was otherwise fairly administered?	2
When the Framers put together the US constitution, did they ever account for proportions of the electorate seemingly consistently voting irrationally or against their own self-interest?	1
Was Princess Diana either in life or in death ever criticised for her lack of work towards recognizing the effects of colonization?	0
Did the Mongol invasion of Russia in the 1200’s have lasting effects on its culture? “Lying, corruption and violence”, one popular YT video by a retired Finnish intelligence officers asserts, was part of its legacy.	0

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