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When was Planned Parenthood created
In 1921, Sanger established the American Birth Control League. This organization would serve as a precursor to the P ...ion of the 1960s and 1970s, Planned Parenthood has remained significant in American culture and is a political lightning rod--a call to action for those who ar

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What was the Comstock Act
...ion and architect Anthony Comstock, marks an important attempt to regulate American behavior at a time when society was rapidly changing. Comstock enlisted in the military during the American Civil War, but since he was stationed away from most of the fighting, he en

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What is the History of Public Debt
Debt has a long history, particularly for individuals and businesses. On the other hand, public deb ...blic, and Sweden as the Fiscal-Military States, 1500-1660. Warfare and History. London ; New York: Routledge.</ref>

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What is the History of Movie Posters
...the iconic way in which we remember major movie releases. But what is the history of movie posters, and why did people start using them? Movie posters have d ====Early History of Posters====

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What is the History of Mass Protests in the United States
...e movements have been both a positive and sometimes destructive part of US history. ...begun to create a series of duties on cotton and other exports from their American colonies, such as tobacco exports. The movement was ultimately suppressed,

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Who was Thanatos the God of Death in Greek mythology
Rankin, H. D. (1964). Socrates' Approach to Thanatos. American Imago, 21(3/4), 111-128. ...gory:Myths and Gods]] [[Category:Ancient Greek History]][[Category:Ancient History]]

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How did Oklahoma become a State
...he United States area (Figure 1). The region was settled by various Native American populations, including the Caddoans, Siouans, and Athapascans (mainly Plain ...hange by the 1830s when the growing United States focused on forced Native American removals from the southeastern United States. This policy was started by th

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Who was Memnon the African hero in Greek Mythology
...was based on an unknown African king, whose name has not been recorded by history. Still, the Greeks were made aware of his achievements by tales spread by m ...undermine the narrative that Africans have not played an essential role in history and the development of culture.

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How did Alaska become a State
By the 1840s, US expansion across North America increased in earnest with the American-Mexican war. California and Oregon were also soon purchased, and the future ...can fur traders, originally restricted from trading in Alaska by the Russo-American Treaty of 1824, ignored this treaty and increasingly traded with Alaska aft

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How Did the Know Nothings Impact the Second American Political Party System
...pg|300px|thumbnail|left|Depiction of “Citizen Know Nothing,” the Ideal American Man in the Know Nothing Movement]]__NOTOC__ ...rty and the Civil War is generally viewed as factors that ended the second American political party system, but those things only could have happened without t

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Where Was the Kingdom of Alashiya
...ialla Schuster. “Death, Prestige, and Copper in Bronze Age Cyprus.” American Journal of Archaeology 109 (2005) p. 387</ref> .... <ref> Holmes, Y. Lynn. “The Location of Alashiya.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 91 (1971) p. 426</ref>

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How did Florida become a State
...one M. Amos, Thomas P. Senter, and Rosalyn Howard. The Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People. Rev. ed. Gainesville: Univ. Press of Flori ...st Seminole War in Florida's history, see Wasserman, Adam. A People’s History of Florida, 1513-1876: How Africans, Seminoles, Women, and Lower Class Whit

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How did Puerto Rico become a US Territory
Since the Spanish-American War in 1898, the US has held Puerto Rico, which was formally given to it as ...reements made in the Treaty of Paris that officially concluded the Spanish-American War.<ref>For more on early interests in Puerto Rico, see: Figueroa, L.A.,

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Who was Hecate - the Greek goddess of magic, witches and the occult
...abandoned and often destroyed by Christians<ref> Ankarloo, et al. Athlone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Greece and Rome to Late Antiquity (Londo ...ery, and necromancy<ref>Marquardt, Patricia A. "A portrait of Hecate." The American Journal of Philology 102, no. 3 (1981): 243-260</ref>. This Goddess, at lea

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When Did the Nubian Kingdom of Meroe Rise to Prominence
...and nomenclature of Nubia and the Nubians varied widely throughout ancient history depending upon the people and time writing about the subject. Owing to the ...ian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon. Second Edition. (New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society, 1953), pgs. 138, 144</ref> It is quite possible, and prob

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What convinced Americans during the 1918 Flu Pandemic to wear masks
...ve and having a limited value in slowing the spread of the 1918 virus. The American Public Health Association in December 1918 concluded that wearing masks sho ...irect methods used to get people to wear masks, see: Bristow, Nancy K. American Pandemic the Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Oxford: Oxford

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What is the history of the United States Capitol Building
Early in the United States' history, the Capitol Building, or United States Capitol, was authorized and built i ==Construction and Early History==

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What issues divided the United States in the 1920 election
...the gilded age and progressive era, Wiley Blackwell companions to American history. John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hoboken, pg. 368. </ref> ...eriod, see: Conlin, J.R., 2014. The American past: a survey of American history. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, pg. 640. </ref>

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What is the history of wildfires in California?
...where the weather is often dry in many parts of the state. Looking at the history of wildfires, reasons as to why they have become more destructive become cl The archaeological and ecological record in California reveal a long history of wildfires in the state of California. In a study looking at pre-1800 wil

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Who was the Roman God Janus
...ies: Janus, Auspication, and the Shrine in the Roman Forum. Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, 45, 1-40</ref> ...ef>Forsythe, Gary. Time in Roman Religion: One Thousand Years of Religious History. (London, Routledge, 2012), p. 113</ref>

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What Role Did the Canaanites Play in the Bronze Age Near East
...le, but they predated the Kingdom of Israel and played a major role in the history of the ancient Near East. Although the people of the ancient Levant (roughl ...y an increasingly important role in the Near East's political and cultural history in a variety of different ways. The Canaanite kingdoms were subordinate to

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How did Hawaii become a US State
...lished, see Potter, N.W., Kasdon, L.M., Rayson, A., Potter, N.W., 2003. History of the Hawaiian kingdom. Bess Press, Honolulu. </ref> ====American migrate to Hawaii====

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Why was the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49 successful
Whether for good or bad, it has become a symbol of the American intent.” The Truman administration agreed. Based upon written agreements * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]

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How Did the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 Impact American History?
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Why was the Construction of the Alaska Highway so important to American History?
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What Caused The Economic Panic Of 1837
...ney from these sources. This banking crisis created a domino effect on the American economy, with other industries such as real estate crashing due to lack of ...ing practices, such as granting loans to anyone regardless of their credit history, coupled with a lack of control over monetary policy and inflationary pract

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Why did the United States start the Mexican American War
...further south along the Nueces River. When the Mexican army opened fire on American soldiers at a disputed border area near Texas, it sparked off a series of e ...er the American continent all the way up to the Pacific Ocean. The Mexican-American War was fought primarily over disputed land that both countries claimed as

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Why did the Union Forces win the Battle of Gettysburg
...dered to be one of the biggest and bloodiest military failures in American history. ...ectively sealing its fate in the Battle of Gettysburg and, ultimately, the American Civil War. Overwhelmed by superior numbers, General Lee’s Army of Norther

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