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I've heard lots about how the Democratic Party has evolved since the Civil War, but how much did it change from 1828-1861?

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The USS Princeton, launched in 1843, was broken up only 6 years later without seeing battle. Was this common for naval vessels of the time or was it because of the new technology used in the Princeton, or because of something else?

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How did communists among the WWI Western Allies (particularly those in the military) react to the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War?

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What are the best books about LGBT+ history?

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How and why did the thirty round magazine become standard for most small arms?

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Why did Allende put Pinochet in charge of Santiago and later the entire Chilean army? Was his loyalty never questioned?

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Was there any violent resistance to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II?

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What would happen to a male US Army soldier caught having sex with a man in the years before DADT?

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Under the Commissar Order "thoroughly Bolshevized" Soviet soldiers were to be shot on sight. Were communists serving in the western allies' armies treated differently?

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In WWII, did anyone become an ace as either a pilot or gunner of a bomber?

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I've heard lots about how the Democratic Party has evolved since the Civil War, but how much did it change from 1828-1861?	11
The USS Princeton, launched in 1843, was broken up only 6 years later without seeing battle. Was this common for naval vessels of the time or was it because of the new technology used in the Princeton, or because of something else?	9
How did communists among the WWI Western Allies (particularly those in the military) react to the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War?	6
What are the best books about LGBT+ history?	4
How and why did the thirty round magazine become standard for most small arms?	4
Why did Allende put Pinochet in charge of Santiago and later the entire Chilean army? Was his loyalty never questioned?	4
Was there any violent resistance to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II?	3
What would happen to a male US Army soldier caught having sex with a man in the years before DADT?	2
Under the Commissar Order "thoroughly Bolshevized" Soviet soldiers were to be shot on sight. Were communists serving in the western allies' armies treated differently?	2
In WWII, did anyone become an ace as either a pilot or gunner of a bomber?	2