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In WWI, in the multi-ethnic states (Russia, Austro-Hungary, Ottomans,etc.), did minority nationalism increase or decrease over the course of the war? Did the dominant ethnicity/religion become more nationalistic, or did they try to rally all groups behind the King/Emperor?	26
How were literature classes in universities taught before the rise of critical theory/new criticism/"theory"? What sorts of research was academically rewarded?	22
In the Roman Empire and similar empires of antiquity, who got the bread dole? Was it only the poor of the capital city, or was it in provincial cities as well? Did middle class people take advantage of this?	20
Since when have English-speakers outnumbered French-speakers in Canada? It's, at the earliest, in the second half of the 19th Century. When did the split between Anglophone and Francophone Canadian identity occur?	19
Ethnic Azeris, a Turkic group, make up about 15% of Iran. Persians make up about 60% and other Indo-Iranian groups make up most of the rest. Have their been any large, explicitly Azeri nationalist uprisings? If not, why?	14
Before 1960, who had the better record on civil rights, Republicans or Democrats? What is the history of civil rights before 1960, and the national political reaction to it?	14
Today is Memorial Day in the United States. Can someone explai the history of Decoration Day, the post-Civil War precursor to Memorial Day?	13
Why did the first post-independence Latin American states (Gran Colombia, the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, and the Federal Republic of Central America) all break up in the 1830's? Why didn't Mexico?	11
When did rappers start using multiple rap names simultaneously? And why?	11
In the event of a Soviet surprise invasion, did NATO military planners expect that the Soviets would get all the way Rhine River before NATO forces could stop them? And did this belief effect which side of the river people in Bonn, Cologne, ‎Düsseldorf, etc.‎ chose to live on?	10

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