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What has the sleep schedule of the US President looked like historically?

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How was the US government able to muster enough support to pass the 16th Amendment allowing taxation of income?

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Did Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations have any influence on the founders of the US? To what extent were the aware or supportive of his work?

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How did the definition of the word "liberal" shift over time in the US?

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Why are some countries popularly depicted referring to their country as the "motherland" (eg Russia) and others as the "fatherland" (eg Germany)?

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Were women counted as free persons in the Constitution for the purposes of calculating representation in Congress?

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Why do Americans perceive George Washington not just as our first president but as the almost godlike "Father of America"?

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How did having a huge overseas empire logistically help/hurt the British during WWII?

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Why did Edmund Burke support the American Revolution, but not the French Revolution?

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Were British schools as harsh as they were made out to be by British rock songs from the 70s and 80s?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What has the sleep schedule of the US President looked like historically?	484	AskHistorians
How was the US government able to muster enough support to pass the 16th Amendment allowing taxation of income?	208	AskHistorians
Did Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations have any influence on the founders of the US? To what extent were the aware or supportive of his work?	112	AskHistorians
How did the definition of the word "liberal" shift over time in the US?	85	AskHistorians
Why are some countries popularly depicted referring to their country as the "motherland" (eg Russia) and others as the "fatherland" (eg Germany)?	39	AskHistorians
Were women counted as free persons in the Constitution for the purposes of calculating representation in Congress?	34	AskHistorians
Why do Americans perceive George Washington not just as our first president but as the almost godlike "Father of America"?	29	AskHistorians
How did having a huge overseas empire logistically help/hurt the British during WWII?	22	AskHistorians
Why did Edmund Burke support the American Revolution, but not the French Revolution?	15	AskHistorians
Were British schools as harsh as they were made out to be by British rock songs from the 70s and 80s?	10	AskHistorians