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• What was the turning point of World War II in Eastern Europe? Who defeated whom?
  
• Why did the United States and many other nations step in to the First Persian Gulf War?
  
• Why have the United States and Great Britain come under fire after the military phase of the Iraqi conflict ended?
  
• What was the cause of the Iranian hostage crisis?
  
• What was the city of Timbuktu best known for?
  
• What was Tammany Hall?
  
• The period of time during the 1920s when there was a fear of Communism growing in the United States was known as what?
  
• Mark Twain said the following: "Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to." What did he mean when he said this? This is just for my personal curiosity as I was reading about Twain.
  
• Why did the United States back the French in their fight against Ho Chi Minh?
  
• Why did the Fur trade develop in North America?
  
• During the Time of Troubles in Russia, why was there much confusion?
  
• Who ruled Palestine after World War 1?
  
• What were the some changes to the world map after World War 1?
  
• Why was the Bay of Pigs an embarrassment for the United States?
  
• Why did Yugoslavia develop differently than other eastern bloc countries after World War 2?
  
• What were the greatest dangers faced by wounded and captured soldiers during the Civil War?
  
• What does the Iran-Contra affair refer to?
  
• Who were the Nazi's against?
  
• What was the Allied strategy for World War II?
  
• What are some military units who served with distinction during WWII?
  
• Can anyone please explain How did the French people established their control over Vietnam? ( class 10th)
  
• Why did farmers who had small plots of land sometimes work on plantations?
  
• During WWII, the American armed forces were still segregated by race. Why do you think this issue became increasingly important during this era, leading to the desegregation of the Armed Forces a few years after the war?
  
• What group of islands did the Japanese attack on the same day they attacked Pearl Harbor?
  
• What was the effect of the Dred Scott decision?
  
• Whiat was a major issue that led to the Crimean War?
  
• What contributed to Ho Chi Minh's campaign in the conflict with France following World War II?
  
• How did the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 affect the use of slave labor in the South?
  
• What are some military units who served with distinction during WWII?
  
• What was the key to Persia's communication network?
  
• In what way did the American Revolution affect Native Americans?
  
• During the Time of Troubles in Russia, why was there much confusion?
  
• How many Christians did the Jewish Bolsheviks kill?
  
• What event started the Civil War?
  
• Why did the railroads initially divide the United States into four standard time zones?
  
• What did the Confederacy win at Chancellorsville? What did it lose?
  
• From what country did workers come to work on the Central Pacific Railway?
  
• How did the Hudson's Bay Company expand the fur trade?
  
• Who invented the modern pen?
  
• How was Canada obtained by Britain?
  
• Can anyone please explain about the impact of the great depression of 1929 on Vietnam?
  
• How can I write about the spread of Buddhism citing 3 examples of evidence in 3 or 4 sentences?
  
• How did enslaved African Americans hold on to their African customs?
  
• What event led to the anti-war protest at Kent State in 1970?
  
• How did Harriet Tubman become a conductor on the Underground Railroad?
  
• What started World War 1?
  
• Why is the Syrian and Russian attack on Aleppo significant?
  
• What did the Crow Arapaho, and Sioux all have in common?
  
• Where in North America did Champlain explore?
  
• Why did George Washington make the risky move of crossing the Delaware River on Christmas night?
  
• Why is realism said to be a reaction to romanticism?
  
• What led to the uprising at Tiananmen square?
  
• What did Japan do in response to military pressure from Commodore Matthew Perry?
  
• What shocked many people in the Union and the Confederacy after early battles such as Shiloh and Bull Run?
  
• What is anti-semitism?
  
• Why do you think America still has troops stationed in South Korea?
  
• Who caused the Cultural Revolution?
  
• What did the Blackshirts, Schutzstaffel, and Brownshirts have in common?
  
• Whats going on in the Middle East?
  
• Why did the UN vote on the creation of Israel?
  
• What was the outcome of the Battle of Little Big Horn?
  
• What did Nazi camp administrators do to identify people from different groups in the concentration camps?
  
• What is a commissioner of oaths ?
  
• Why were many Arabs angered by decisions made at the Paris Peace Conference after World War I?
  
• Who was Catherine d'Medici?
  
• What is the history of VIETNAM ?
  
• What happened during the Vietnamese election in 1956?
  
• Approximately how many Americans died during the Vietnam War?
  
• How did the invention of the cotton gin change the economy of the South and the North?
  
• Whats going on in the Middle East?
  
• What was the Scopes Trial?
  
• What were some of the effects of the Crusades?
  
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