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Do any credible historians argue that Julius Caesar saw his assassination coming? What supporting evidence do they cite (if they exist)?
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At what point did militaries develop special tactical units? Was it something they were able to keep secret after they were created?
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When and how did cities adopt police forces? Once the practice was introduced, how quickly did it spread?
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When and why did immigration to the United States become heavily restricted? Was it a political issue at the time? What were the arguments for and against the change in policy, and who made them?
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Given their relative technical simplicity, how have the major powers prevented greater proliferation of nuclear weapons?
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FDR effectively passed numerous landmark bills, providing a safety net for the most vulnerable for perhaps the first time in American history, yet many of the first wave of his programs were found to be unconstitutional; how did the public react to an unelected branch taking such actions?
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In Henry IV p2, Henry's deathbed advice for Hal is to start foreign wars to unite the country with him, a remarkably cynical view of politics to be expressed by a commoner of the 16th century. Was this insight original to Shakespeare, was this noticed at the time, and were there repercussions?
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In the 1970s, the Equal Rights Amendment was nearly ratified. What were the arguments for and against it?
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