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During Hurricane Katrina many residents refused rescue workers because they wouldn't allow them to bring their pets. Are there other examples of this in history?

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Was there any backlash to Truman's remodeling of the White House?

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Have historians reached any consensus as to whether the offer to extend the Marshall Plan to Eastern Bloc countries was genuine?

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I read that at the height of James Cameron's the Titanic's popularity that Taliban soldiers would request their haircut in the style of Leonardo DiCaprio. Is this true? And if so, do we have any other examples of it through history?

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Why did democracy arise in Athens rather than Sparta? What conditions made it so that this form of government could arise?

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LBJ once told a staffer, “Son, when I appoint a n* to the court, I want everyone to know he's a n*.” He was speaking about Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice in American history. Did Marshall ever find out about LBJ’s remark? What was their relationship like?

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Are the roots of abolitionism in Christianity or in the unique sociopolitical context of America?

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What period or dynasty in Chinese history would have treated women with the most equitably?

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What period or dynasty in Chinese history would have treated women with the most equitably?

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How similar were Commodore Perry's Opening of Japan "gunboat diplomacy" and Zheng He's treasure fleet diplomacy?

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During Hurricane Katrina many residents refused rescue workers because they wouldn't allow them to bring their pets. Are there other examples of this in history?	1
Was there any backlash to Truman's remodeling of the White House?	1
Have historians reached any consensus as to whether the offer to extend the Marshall Plan to Eastern Bloc countries was genuine?	1
I read that at the height of James Cameron's the Titanic's popularity that Taliban soldiers would request their haircut in the style of Leonardo DiCaprio. Is this true? And if so, do we have any other examples of it through history?	1
Why did democracy arise in Athens rather than Sparta? What conditions made it so that this form of government could arise?	1
LBJ once told a staffer, “Son, when I appoint a n*** to the court, I want everyone to know he's a n***.” He was speaking about Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice in American history. Did Marshall ever find out about LBJ’s remark? What was their relationship like?	1
Are the roots of abolitionism in Christianity or in the unique sociopolitical context of America?	1
What period or dynasty in Chinese history would have treated women with the most equitably?	1
What period or dynasty in Chinese history would have treated women with the most equitably?	1
How similar were Commodore Perry's Opening of Japan "gunboat diplomacy" and Zheng He's treasure fleet diplomacy?	1