07/13/19

U.S history test
Which post-war action by the Soviet Union did the United States see as a direct violation of the Yalta Agreement?
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07/08/19

Is it appropriate to call 1941 American items "prewar"?
Not sure if this question has a defined answer, or is a matter of opinion. I have a 1941 piece of radio equipment I am thinking about restoring, and I told my dad it was "prewar". It was... more
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07/07/19

Declaration of Independence
The fifty-six patriots who signed our Declaration of Independence knew they were signing their death warrant. They would be hanged if caught. Among them were a) Thomas Jefferson, b) Benjamin... more
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07/07/19

How does it arise that there are two Colorado rivers, and how does one distinguish between them?
The storm in Houston has drawn to my attention, a fact of which I was previously unaware, that there are two quite separate Colorado rivers. In Britain we have various instances of rivers with... more
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07/07/19

How could the USS Maine explosion have been investigated?
After the explosion of the [USS Maine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1)) in 1898, was it possible for the United States to ask Spain if their mine had sunk the USN Battleship?
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07/06/19

How many men were lost on the USAT Arcata and was she loaded with troops when she was hit?
On the 14th of July 1942 the 2,722-ton US Army Troopship (USAT) Arcata was attacked and sunk by Japanese Submarine I-7 at 53-41N, 157-45W. The records that I could find show that this ship as a... more
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07/05/19

Could Thomas Jefferson have ever heard Mozart's Symphony No. 40, KV. 550?
I've been reading some of Jefferson's writing on music theory, and given his perspective and his love for Mozart's music, I think the [Symphony No. 40, KV. 550] would be so astounding to... more
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07/02/19

What police department served the Kenwood neighborhood in Chicago in 1907?
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07/01/19

Were there any Russians in the 1849 Gold Rush?
A gold rush always brings new arrivals from many directions. Had any of the miners and businesspeople of the 1849 California Gold Rush come from Russia?
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07/01/19

Why did Puerto Rican families send their children to New York?
My question is: Why were Puerto Rican families sending their children off the island, and why New York?
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06/29/19

What did the Japanese believe about the USA capability of making/using additional atomic bombs?
Clearly the Japanese **believed** that if they did not surrender another atomic bomb would be used on them. However how soon did they **believe** this would happen? And how many atomic bombs... more
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06/29/19

How were combat medics assigned to their divisions?
I'm a little confused on how combat medics were transferred around. I've heard that often times medics weren't given much more than basic medical training (while others were able to be given... more
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06/24/19

What's so special about the Aerodrome?
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06/24/19

How did recognition by Morocco influence the history of the USA?
In my personal experience when having studied the early history of the American Republic, I learned about [The Treaty of Marrakech] in my U.S. Diplomatic History Graduate course. Prior to that... more
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06/24/19

The Unites States should or should not have helped Germany recover from World War II?

Write five paragraph argumentative essay.
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06/23/19

In what year did Charles Proteus Steinmetz fix Ford's Generator for the famed $10,000 invoice?
[Charles Proteus Steinmetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Proteus_Steinmetz) is the protagonist of an interesting tale [about fixing a generator at Ford's... more
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06/23/19

First US police officer killed in the line of duty?
Who was the first US police officer killed in the line of duty? When and where did it take place? By US police officer, I mean any active-duty police officer working for any force in the US... more
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06/23/19

The US and Soviet Soldiers story related to Normandy?
This is from President Obama’s speech, and I have no idea what it means. It seems like a historical story, but I could not find anything on Google. Why did he think of it when he visited Normandy?... more
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06/21/19

When was unleaded gasoline introduced in California?
When did unleaded gasoline become available for sale (as an option, not mandatory) in California? That is, suppose you were a driver a few decades ago, who wanted to drive without pumping lead into... more
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06/21/19

Where did the skulls of dead Japanese soldiers end up?
I have read that there was a disturbingly common practice of American soldiers in the Pacific theater of WWII to take the skulls of dead Japanese soldiers as trophies to take home, give to... more
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06/20/19

Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt confiscate gold from the American people during the Great Depression?
FDR outlawed ownership of gold in 1934 with the Gold Reserve Act. It was a very courageous act by a democratic government because nobody will elect a government which takes money from them. Gold... more
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06/20/19

Why the term fifty-four forty was related to American expansion in the west?
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06/20/19

Were there crewmen from other USN ships on USS Missouri when the Japanese surrendered?
I have tried finding a list of the crewmen on the USS Missouri at the time of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, or at least some general information about who was on the ship at... more
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06/17/19

In WW2, how long could a submarine stay submerged if it wasn't moving?
For a submarine in the WW2-era, how long could it stay submerged if it was **not** running its engine? This is a question of crew size, oxygen, food/water, and CO2 scrubbers, and maybe other stuff... more
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06/16/19

Did the United States have a third atomic bomb to drop on Japan?
On 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced its surrender to the United States, signing the instrument of surrender on 2 September, officially ending the war. The... more
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