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The rights of African Americans were severely limited by Jim Crow Laws and segregation. But during Reconstruction, Congress was controlled by the Radical Republicans, who pushed through a bunch of legislation for the newly freed slaves. What happened to those Radical Republicans? Did they give up?	26
What was/is the legacy of Wu Zetian, the only female empress in Chinese history, among Chinese women? Was she a source of fascination? A hero? A villain? Or was she mostly forgotten?	25
In the book Embracing Defeat by John Dower, the author says that imperial Japan lacked the small, but vocal group of opponents to the regimes actions that Nazi Germany had. Why is this?	25
Did the frontier and Indian wars loom as large in Mexican popular consciousness as it did in the American? Was there an equivalent Bonanza, Gunsmoke or Little House on the Prairie on Mexican television in the 60’s and 70’s?	25
Can someone give me some insight into the history of female genital mutilation among the Kikuyu tribe of Kenya and how it related to Colonial British rule?	24
What differentiated Ethiopian antisemitism from European antisemitism? Jews have lived in both areas for hundreds, if not thousands of years.	23
“Slavery in another name” is often used to describe Jim Crow Laws in the Deep South post-Reconstruction, but how did former slaves feel about the change or lack thereof? Did they find the comparison fair or laughable?	23
In 1644 John Winthrop, legendary Puritan and first governor of Massachusetts, apparently used the ritual “murder will out” to determine the guilt of a murderer. Am I wrong for thinking this decidedly non-Christian practice seems out of place amongst New England Puritans?	22
When did the word “rascal” lose its venom?	22
In light of the coverage of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, I'm curious about what sort of natural disasters the USSR experienced and how their responses differed from America's? Was there a Russian equivalent of FEMA?	22

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