AskHistorians

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Was there any attempt in Taiwan to revive face tattooing after independence from Japan?	7
Why were Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar’s armed forces so poorly paid? Don’t military dictatorships rely heavily on the support of those same forces?	7
What were the beliefs of the right wing militants of Korea and the leftist militants around the time of the Korean War? What made it so hard to compromise?	7
What were the circumstances behind the Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower’s whopping 36% share of the black vote in 1955 Presidential Election?	7
During the Second World War large numbers of women served in every branch of the Red Army in a variety of roles. Not to be crude, but how did the Soviet leadership deal with their periods? Was that even a problem taken into consideration? Did they get any government issued maxi pads or tampons?	7
What is our earliest known evidence of magic tricks?	7
As the Catholic church grew in power it developed the concept of a " just war". Were there any in the church that the dissented with the idea as they felt it would be an expansion and inaccurate interpretation of Jesus Christ's teachings?	7
What were the CSA’s plans for the Native American tribes that allied with them assuming they won the Civil War? Did they really plan to honor their treaties?	7
Many white, predominantly English, artists began incorporating elements of Indian music, such as the sitar, into their songs by the mid 60’s. How did the Indian intelligentsia and music community react to this?	7
Did the Supreme Court justices genuinely believe “separate, but equal” was a viable option when they handed down their Plessy v. Ferguson ruling? Or was it all pretext to legalize racism?	7

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