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What were the most important American patriotic songs before John Philip Sousa?

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The rhetoric of the North in the United States during the early 1800s was that wanting popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery in the western territories was effectively the same as wanting slavery in those territories. How true was this?

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Was the Third Reich's need for lebensraum 'real', or entirely propaganda? Was overpopulation an issue?

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How did the Napoleonic Wars change the political situation in Europe?

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Did the German economy undergo any immediate changes during September of 1939, or was economic mobilisation already complete? What about France, Poland, or Britain?

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During the medieval era, how did people decide where one country stopped and another began? Were there frequent negotiations over the line drawn on the map?

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Why was Austria left out in the Scramble for Africa when even Germany, whose coastline was farther away, claimed large areas of sub-Saharan Africa?

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[META] In a subreddit praised (and/or despised) across the internet for its incredibly strict moderation, why are posts consisting entirely of a 'thank you' left untouched?

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Did any Hellenistic worshippers ever proclaim themselves as gods?

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Could Persia ever hold a candle to Rome?

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What were the most important American patriotic songs before John Philip Sousa?	2
The rhetoric of the North in the United States during the early 1800s was that wanting popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery in the western territories was effectively the same as wanting slavery in those territories. How true was this?	2
Was the Third Reich's need for lebensraum 'real', or entirely propaganda? Was overpopulation an issue?	2
How did the Napoleonic Wars change the political situation in Europe?	2
Did the German economy undergo any immediate changes during September of 1939, or was economic mobilisation already complete? What about France, Poland, or Britain?	2
During the medieval era, how did people decide where one country stopped and another began? Were there frequent negotiations over the line drawn on the map?	2
Why was Austria left out in the Scramble for Africa when even Germany, whose coastline was farther away, claimed large areas of sub-Saharan Africa?	2
[META] In a subreddit praised (and/or despised) across the internet for its incredibly strict moderation, why are posts consisting entirely of a 'thank you' left untouched?	2
Did any Hellenistic worshippers ever proclaim themselves as gods?	2
Could Persia ever hold a candle to Rome?	2