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  • American Legal History Top Ten Booklist
    ...ooks helped us think about legal history in new ways. Excitement and legal history are terms that are rarely used together, but after you read these books we ...prolific, and he has also published another twenty books on law and legal history. In fact, there is a very good chance that he wrote and published another
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  • Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist
    ...can be pointed to for defining eras such as Colonial America, the American Civil War, Reconstruction or the Cold War. Arguably, even the term Gilded Age is ...e has illuminated the critical role African American women played as civil rights activists. As Jim Crow reordered southern society, women fought for the cre
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  • What was the Albany Plan of Union of 1754
    ...overnments, sensing that it would curb their own authority and territorial rights, either rejected the plan or chose not to act on it at all. The British Gov ...Council is to be obtained, before they receive their commissions. And all civil officers are to be nominated by the Grand Council, and to receive the Presi
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  • Which Guns Won the American West
    ...to abandon its Springfield single-shot muzzle-loading firearm. During the Civil War the New Haven Arms Company sold only 1,730 carbines to the Union Army. ...e first time. <ref>Haar, Dan, ”Gun That Won The West: Two Claim Bragging Rights,” ''Hartford Courant'', 2016</ref> It was created by a copywriter for a W
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  • Was Elizabeth I Justified in having her Cousin Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland Executed
    *[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]] *[[How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights?]]
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  • What are the Lasting Legacies of the Roman Empire on Modern Governments
    ...similar to today, was considered as the primary way to uphold citizens’ rights and have checks and balances in government.<ref>For a general discussion on ...pted and codified later. See: Stein, Peter. 1999. ''Roman Law in European History.'' New York: Cambridge University Press, pg. 31.</ref>
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  • Why was the Construction of the Alaska Highway so important to American History
    ...<ref>Virtue, John, ''The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway: A History of Four U.S. Army Regiments in the North, 1942-1943'', McFarland & Company, ...road to civil rights.” <ref>Weingroff, Richard F. “The Road to Civil Rights,” fhwa.dot.gov, </ref>
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  • Portal:Interviews
    ...t famous and infamous security guard and detective agency in United States history. Pinkerton originally created the agency to help railroad companies investi ...ernment surveillance? What can advocates do to strengthen personal privacy rights? These concerns will only intensify in the years to come.
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  • What were the Root Causes of the Spanish Civil War
    ...ctors, some of which will be discussed here. The main cause of the Spanish Civil War, was the failure of Spanish democracy. This was because there was a re ...&linkId=b54b43da8965b066ed125b18696e983b The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939]''. London, UK: Weidenfield and Nicolson</ref> These ideolo
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  • How did Vladimir Lenin Rise To Power
    ...tal state ownership of all property, abolishing Tsarists privileges, equal rights for all, and eliminating unemployment. As the tension grew, Lenin decided t In the following three years of civil war, the Bolsheviks successfully assumed total control of Russia. Lenin act
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  • How did the Sharia Law develop
    *[[How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights?]] *[[American Legal History Top Ten Booklist]]
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  • How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights
    ...t important documents in the history of democracy itself, as well as civil rights and obligations and common law in general. ...III, the English king John and his barons specifically addressing the very rights of the monarch. <ref>Causes and effects of the Magna Carta: http://www.skw
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  • Why has the French Civil Code had a lasting influence on contemporary European law
    ...Code represents a comprehensive reformation and codification of the French civil law and was considered by Napoleon himself to be one of his most significan ...e French society. Its long-lasting effect is closely connected to the very history of its creation.
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  • How Did Early Judicial Systems Evolve
    ...zens. The concept of justice, in fact, has evolved from very early written history, showing some similarities early on with modern ideas of law and justice fo ...roceedings are not known, they do show that individuals were provided with rights to prevent abuse by authorities and to remove state authority from certain
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  • What is the significance of the 1968 East L.A. Walkouts
    ...ivil rights activists. What we know about the African American/Black civil rights movements are the obvious events leading up to the political revolutions th ...tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=c9431f9c6cb484902ece972dde717853 North to Aztlan: A History of Mexican Americans in the United States]'', (New York: Twayne Publishers,
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  • When Did Jackie Robinson Integrate Baseball and Why Is It Important
    ...isode in Robinson’s military career foreshadowed his later role in civil rights. Robinson and some fellow African-American soldiers applied to Officer Cand The color line was receding to history, but racial intolerance and discrimination were not. During that 1947 seaso
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  • Why Was the Battle of Antietam a Pivotal event in the American Civil War
    ...an, in Sharpsburg, Maryland. In this one poignant moment in time, American history was forever altered. If Gettysburg was the most significant battle in terms ...o end the debate. The Battle of Antietam was the most pivotal event of the Civil War as it erased the threat of European recognition of the Confederate Stat
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  • The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin
    Terri Halperin is a member of the University of Richmond History Department and an adjunct professor of the James Madison Memorial Foundatio ...e think about how Congress worked at its beginnings. My dissertation was a history of the United States Senate from 1789 to 1821.
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  • What Were the Motives of the Irish in the American Civil War
    ...liefs. The irony of Irish countrymen fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War is that both were fighting for the cause of their beloved Ireland. This By 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, only 84,000 of the 1.2 million Irish in America resided in the South.
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  • Were Members of the Underground Railroad Criminals
    ...he North, through various undertakings, she was able to write her personal history. In the preface to her story——and throughout the text——she appeals America was built on the backs of slaves. On the eve of the Civil War, these human beings were second only to land as the most valuable commo
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  • Who Was Responsible for the Extreme Violence During the Reconstruction Era
    ...“unable to compromise.”<ref>Eric Foner, ''Give Me Liberty: An American History'' (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009), 534.</ref> ...of black citizens; there were zero convictions.<ref>Eric Foner, ''A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877'' (New York: Harper&Row, 1990), 85.</ref>
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  • American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony Gregory
    ...ernment surveillance? What can advocates do to strengthen personal privacy rights? These concerns will only intensify in the years to come. ...://uwpress.wisc.edu/index.html University of Wisconsin Press] examines the history of surveillance in the United States and grapples with these problems. He e
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  • Why did Germany Persecute LGBT people during World War II
    ...4.</ref> At a time when there were more than 2,000 known male prostitutes, civil servants, sailors, and government officials were among the throngs who freq ...lso in 1933, laws were enacted which banned all pornography and homosexual rights groups and organizations. The gay life in Germany was waning in force and t
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  • How historically accurate is Braveheart
    ...kirk in Wallace's life, see: Hamilton, J. S. (2010). <i>The Plantagenets: History of a Dynasty</i>. London ; New York: Continuum, pg. 79.</ref> *[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]]
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  • How Historically Accurate is Alexander
    *[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]] *[[How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights?]]
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  • How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Versailles
    ====History and Key Events==== ...ntext ; Essays in Honour and Memory of Walter C. Utt.</i> Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 156. Leiden: Brill.</ref>
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  • How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Victoria
    ...n der Kiste, J. (2009) <i>Queen Victoria’s children.</i> 2nd ed. Stroud, History Press.</ref> *[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]]
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  • What was the impact of the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572) on France
    ...ct of the massacre was profound. The massacre changed the course of French history and initiated a new and bloody chapter in the Wars of Religion. The massacr ...f4b002ee046258210097ec03ad09bb The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre: A Brief History with Documents]</i> (Faber, London, 2008), p. 67, 89</ref> The Huguenots w
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  • The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter: Interview with Bonnie S. Anderson
    ...rk, the astonishing life of Ernestine Potowski Rose, champion of all human rights." ...389&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ae4748818883cd06daf0f4930762dd6b A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present Volume 1] and
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  • What were the impact of the military reforms of Marius on Rome
    Later, he became involved in a series of civil wars with the Roman politician and soldier Sulla, the aristocratic faction ...he legionnaires. The general would often extend his command to secure the rights and the rewards of his soldiers. The legionary owed more allegiance to his
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  • How did the Social War (91-88 BCE) change the Roman Republic and Italy
    ...dence from Rome and they could do so because Rome was too preoccupied with civil war and political instability and this according to Plutarch fuelled the gr ...popular party (populares) wanted to compromise and offer the Italians more rights. They had always been sympathetic to the various peoples of Italy, includin
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  • The Power of Women and Peru's Shining Path
    ...ed. George E. Marcus, (Durhm: Duke University Press, 1992), 188-193.</ref> Rights for women in Peru were very limited; abortion after rape was illegal, femal ...eft.<ref>Orin Starn, Carlos DeGregori, and Robin Kirk. <I>The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics, </I>ed. Orin Starn, carlos Ivan Degregori, and Robin Ki
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  • Was Joel Poinsett an Agent of Empire and a Patron of Science
    ...f human nature became fundamental to definitions of republicanism, natural rights, and national identity, Poinsett went to Mexico, as both a liberal influenc ...his Unpublished Report on the Present Political State of Mexico. A Social History of Anthropology in the United States, by Thomas C. Patterson provides the b
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  • 2017 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
    ...ified historians and they highlight some of the best new books in American history for 2017. ...ward is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.
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  • 2016 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
    ...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016. ...ward is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.
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  • 2015 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
    [[File:A_chosen_exile.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|<i>A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life</i> by Allyson Hobbs]] ...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016.
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  • 2014 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
    ...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016. ...ward is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.
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  • What was the impact of Spartacus' uprising on Rome
    ...9&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=2b92b7cc100dd5442a529a512340b570 The Civil wars]</i> (Penguin Classics; New Ed edition, London, 1996), p. 12</ref> ...kId=d67bc798efd524fa4f08bc1fa5ff510b Spartacus and the Slave Wars: A Brief History with Documents]</I> (London, Palgrave-MacMillan,2001), p 111 </ref> Sparta
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  • Great Gifts for History Lovers 2017
    ...r spouse. Hopefully, we can help. This is our 2017 list of great gifts for history lovers. ...st history lovers should enjoy. Here are some releases that are worth your history lovers attention. In addition to the standard paper format, some of these b
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  • When did interracial marriage become legal in the United States
    ...laws—were passed in the middle of the 19th century and by the end of the Civil War, and by 1865 all western and Southern States had them in place. ...4189 of the code. They claimed that it violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights because the law penalized them more heavily for being an interracial couple
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  • What are the Origins of the Abolitionist Movement
    ...has been remembered as one of the great humanitarian initiatives in modern history. Occurring as it did in a world that was rent by the slaveholding republics ...ut of those movements came many of the first abolitionist organizations in history. The second factor has to do with political economy. Slaveholding republics
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  • Where did the concept of Human Rights come from
    [[File:5824691944 8f290a547b z.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|Human Rights Campaign]] ...being born human. Typically we attach the word “inalienable” to these rights, meaning that they are unable to be given or taken away by other human bein
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  • How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Versailles
    ...IV and the origins of the Dutch War.</i> Cambridge studies in early modern history. Cambridge [England] ; New York, Cambridge University Press.</ref> ...(2009) <i>The state in early modern France.</i> New approaches to European history ; 42. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York, Cambridge University Press.</re
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  • The Federalist Papers - Number 10
    ...iling and increasing distrust of public engagements, and alarm for private rights, which are echoed from one end of the continent to the other. These must be ...ctuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the commu
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  • Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery
    ...hts, which would prove critical to the United States as well. (The Bill of Rights was added to the document in 1791). One reading of the reasons for these co ...this clause and would send the nation spiraling into the conflagrations of Civil War.
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  • How Did Finland Survive the Winter War of 1939-1940
    ...l factions within the country as well as foreign powers during the Russian Civil War. ...rld War Two History]][[Category:European History]] [[Category:20th Century History]]
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  • What was lynching
    ...tp://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3178 Digital History].</ref> The United States has a long history of vigilance committees whose purposes were to protect the community. Accor
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  • How Did Thomas Francis Meagher Really Die
    ...penchant for alcohol. The possibility of this strong, Catholic man with a history of perseverance committing suicide is less likely but is not without merit ...ment.<ref>Cal McCarthy, ''Green, Blue, and Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War'' (Cork, Ireland: Collins Press, 2009), 45.</ref>The 69th engaged in co
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  • How did Cardinal Richelieu change France
    ...ed in Paris Collège de Navarre, a brilliant student he was well-versed in history and the classics. He had originally intended to the military, but his famil ...to remove the nobility's influence from the bureaucracy, and he opened the civil service to commoners. However, many of these bought their positions, leadin
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  • How Did Marriage Develop in the West
    ...Western regions, this is no different, although over time, for most of our history over the last two thousand years, marriage had become more narrowly defined ...could have been both cultural influence but also needs to clarify property rights and inheritance issues, namely selecting someone to inherit possessions, ma
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