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What did scientists before telescopes & astronomy think the moon was? How much was understood about it?

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Historians of Poland often claim with grandiose confidence that the Polish-Soviet War prevented the Bolsheviks from marching as far afield as Berlin and Paris. How true is this?

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My history professor has been strongly implying that Washington was a member of the Federalist party since the start of the school year, but most popular accounts paint him as an independent. Which of these views is more correct?

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Was the American Civil War caused by slavery or by states' rights?

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Some onlookers to September 1939 believed that the Soviet invasion of Poland was justified. How true is this?

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What was the Austrian government like before the coup in 1938? Were they fascist, or relatively neutral?

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How do we know what colors were used on buildings centuries old (where the paint has faded)?

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Did Allied historians and journalists in 1939 compare the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland with the Partitions nearly two centuries earlier?

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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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How did the namesake 'wings' of the Polish-Lithuanian winged hussars come about?

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What did scientists before telescopes & astronomy think the moon was? How much was understood about it?	3	AskHistorians
Historians of Poland often claim with grandiose confidence that the Polish-Soviet War prevented the Bolsheviks from marching as far afield as Berlin and Paris. How true is this?	3	AskHistorians
My history professor has been strongly implying that Washington was a member of the Federalist party since the start of the school year, but most popular accounts paint him as an independent. Which of these views is more correct?	3	AskHistorians
Was the American Civil War caused by slavery or by states' rights?	3	AskHistorians
Some onlookers to September 1939 believed that the Soviet invasion of Poland was justified. How true is this?	3	AskHistorians
What was the Austrian government like before the coup in 1938? Were they fascist, or relatively neutral?	3	AskHistorians
How do we know what colors were used on buildings centuries old (where the paint has faded)?	3	AskHistorians
Did Allied historians and journalists in 1939 compare the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland with the Partitions nearly two centuries earlier?	3	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
How did the namesake 'wings' of the Polish-Lithuanian winged hussars come about?	2	AskHistorians