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I own a general store on the American frontier in the 1840. My business fails and I can't pay back my creditors. What's to keep me from skipping town?

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Why is the Trojan war so important to Western culture (including Western literature)?

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How accurately does "Hacksaw Ridge" portray the fighting at Okinawa during WWII?

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There were other Civil Rights Acts before the one that LBJ signed in 1964. Why were these previous Acts apparently unable to prevent Jim Crow laws?

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It's 1977 and I'm going to see the newest sci-fi flick: Star Wars. How much is the price of the movie ticket, soda, popcorn, candy, etc?

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Do we know for certain that the American colonists were exactly (or almost exactly) divided into three equally-sized groups? i.e. 1/3 loyal to the British Crown, 1/3 supporting independence, 1/3 neutral. Or were the numbers more varied than that?

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Would the average soldier in the American Revolutionary War have read the Declaration of Independence?

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[WP] You get a text from an unknown number while on your lunch break at work. "This is your pet." You're suspicious at first but you reply anyway. After receiving texts with information that only your pet would know, it dawns on you: somehow your pet figured out how to text you.

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Would Christianity have gotten so big if it weren't for the Roman empire?

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How accurately did the movie "Glory" depict the assault on Fort Wagner?

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I own a general store on the American frontier in the 1840. My business fails and I can't pay back my creditors. What's to keep me from skipping town?	5	AskHistorians
Why is the Trojan war so important to Western culture (including Western literature)?	4	AskHistorians
How accurately does "Hacksaw Ridge" portray the fighting at Okinawa during WWII?	4	AskHistorians
There were other Civil Rights Acts before the one that LBJ signed in 1964. Why were these previous Acts apparently unable to prevent Jim Crow laws?	4	AskHistorians
It's 1977 and I'm going to see the newest sci-fi flick: Star Wars. How much is the price of the movie ticket, soda, popcorn, candy, etc?	4	AskHistorians
Do we know for certain that the American colonists were exactly (or almost exactly) divided into three equally-sized groups? i.e. 1/3 loyal to the British Crown, 1/3 supporting independence, 1/3 neutral. Or were the numbers more varied than that?	4	AskHistorians
Would the average soldier in the American Revolutionary War have read the Declaration of Independence?	4	AskHistorians
[WP] You get a text from an unknown number while on your lunch break at work. "This is your pet." You're suspicious at first but you reply anyway. After receiving texts with information that only your pet would know, it dawns on you: somehow your pet figured out how to text you.	3	WritingPrompts
Would Christianity have gotten so big if it weren't for the Roman empire?	3	AskHistorians
How accurately did the movie "Glory" depict the assault on Fort Wagner?	3	AskHistorians