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Did alcohol consumption decrease longterm after Prohibition?

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What caused American rates of alcohol consumption to decline so much between the mid-1800s and the modern day? If Prohibition wasn't the cause, what was?

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How did the Heian imperial court get to be so useless, and why weren't they overthrown sooner?

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What caused abolitionism to begin, and how did it become popularly accepted?

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During America's westward expansion, how often did Native Americans attack settlers? Were these attacks severe enough to justify reprisal?

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Struggling to find reading material about daily quality of life in Gilded Age Chicago

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Where can I learn about Africa's history and politics, leading up to the modern era?

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What was the social status of free black people in America? Did it change in the years leading up to the Civil War?

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When and why did the New York Times become such a prestigious newspaper?

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When did people begin to believe that a woman's place is in the home? Where did these tightly constrained gender roles come from?

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Did alcohol consumption decrease longterm after Prohibition?	1
What caused American rates of alcohol consumption to decline so much between the mid-1800s and the modern day? If Prohibition wasn't the cause, what was?	1
How did the Heian imperial court get to be so useless, and why weren't they overthrown sooner?	1
What caused abolitionism to begin, and how did it become popularly accepted?	1
During America's westward expansion, how often did Native Americans attack settlers? Were these attacks severe enough to justify reprisal?	1
Struggling to find reading material about daily quality of life in Gilded Age Chicago	1
Where can I learn about Africa's history and politics, leading up to the modern era?	0
What was the social status of free black people in America? Did it change in the years leading up to the Civil War?	0
When and why did the New York Times become such a prestigious newspaper?	0
When did people begin to believe that a woman's place is in the home? Where did these tightly constrained gender roles come from?	0