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Catholics, including American-born Catholics, used to be discriminated against in the US, but how did people know who was Catholic and who wasn't? Was it only based on who they associated with? Were there any noticeable physical differences between Catholics and Protestants?

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I remember hearing in college that there were a lot of economic incentives in the West to abolish slavery. What were they and did they have much of an impact on the abolishment movement?

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Why was the voter turnout in the first several elections in the US so small?

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Were there African-American criminal organizations in the US before the 1960s and excluding prohibition?

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I learned recently that many places in the US used proportional representation voting (PRV) methods instead of the current winner take-all (WTA) method we use now. How widespread was PRV in the US and why did they all change to WTA?

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Why did the Russian government give such light punishments towards political prisoners before 1917?

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Did newspaper salesman really used to shout the headlines of the day in public?

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Is there a collection online anywhere of audio recordings from different computer and phone microphones?

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Was feudalism the only political system in the world before capitalism in large-scale societies?

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I've been arrested twice. AMA.

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Catholics, including American-born Catholics, used to be discriminated against in the US, but how did people know who was Catholic and who wasn't? Was it only based on who they associated with? Were there any noticeable physical differences between Catholics and Protestants?	8	AskHistorians
I remember hearing in college that there were a lot of economic incentives in the West to abolish slavery. What were they and did they have much of an impact on the abolishment movement?	6	AskHistorians
Why was the voter turnout in the first several elections in the US so small?	4	AskHistorians
Were there African-American criminal organizations in the US before the 1960s and excluding prohibition?	3	AskHistorians
I learned recently that many places in the US used proportional representation voting (PRV) methods instead of the current winner take-all (WTA) method we use now. How widespread was PRV in the US and why did they all change to WTA?	3	AskHistorians
Why did the Russian government give such light punishments towards political prisoners before 1917?	2	AskHistorians
Did newspaper salesman really used to shout the headlines of the day in public?	2	AskHistorians
Is there a collection online anywhere of audio recordings from different computer and phone microphones?	1	askscience
Was feudalism the only political system in the world before capitalism in large-scale societies?	0	AskHistorians
I've been arrested twice. AMA.	0	IAmA