AskHistorians

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The effect of the Second Red Scare and McCarthyism has been explored in popular culture in America through a variety of ways, such as The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Was there a similar exploration in the Soviet union after the Great Terror and the death of Stalin?	3
What were the social or economic conditions that allowed the Magna Carta to arise in England, rather than, the Holy Roman Empire or Tsarist Russia?	3
Why does it seem like Western Christianity was more concerned with rooting out heretics and Jews then pre-Constantine Rome or the Islamic Caliphates?	3
The Hui people are one of the few, if not only Muslim minorities, in China. How did they fit into society after the Communists victory in the Chinese Civil War? Did their standing improve or fall? Did they support the Mao on his Long March or did the gravitate toward Chiang Kai-Shek?	3
How big of an impact did germ theory and hospitals have on maternal/infant mortality? How long before we saw an impact?	3
What was “x” factor that made Spanish missionaries in its colonies so fanatical and singleminded in the destruction of the Natives Pre-Colombian religious beliefs?	3
It seems that out of all colonial empires, the Spanish were were the most zealous in their proselytization of Christianity and conversion of Native populations. Is this accurate? And if so, why?	3
Russia, especially during WW1 and WW2, was famous (and feared) for its massive manpower reserves. When did the population of Russia begin to grow and what factors lead to it?	3
The Soviet Union had a population of around 45 million Muslims in it during the 1980’s. How did that population react to the invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent war?	3
Post-World War Two the United States experienced a huge economic boom from the wartime economy. How did this compare with the U.S. economy after the Civil War?	3

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