/u/no_username_for_me's posts in /r/askhistorians
My diploma refers to the 'rights, responsibilities privileges and immunities appertaining thereto' of the degree. Was there a time in history that these were really meaningful?
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Why were freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition all loaded into the first amendment rather than each given its own amendment?
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Recent History question: When you listen to old radio radio broadcasts, speeches and movies, the cadence and locution often sound very pompous and effected. Did people actually speak this way or were they just panning for the microphone?
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Did ancient magicians/necromancers etc.. believe in their powers or what they just duping the masses?
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What are the critical conditions that have historically led to civil war? Are there common themes across different cases or is each one unique?
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How did the secondary leadership of the Nazis ( Himmler, Goeballs, etc..) become household names while the same was, I presume, was not true for the Allies or other axis powers?
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Were many Northerners actually willing to fight and die for the freedom of Southern slaves or only to save the Union?
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Were grand social theories (e.g. Communism, Socialism) primarily a 20th century phenomenon? If so, why?
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