There have been over 16,000 books written about an American, according to the Wall […]
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Daily Quiz for June 18, 2013
J. Sterling Morton, a newspaper publisher, started this holiday, saying "other holidays repose from the past," but this one "proposes for the future."
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Tiso in the Wolf’s Lair
Last time out we began a discussion of a seemingly insignificant event. Near the […]
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Daily Quiz for June 17, 2013
This man was the only English king crowned on a battlefield.
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Daily Quiz for June 16, 2013
This city was the first in the United States to have mobile-phone service.
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Did Custer’s Men Try to Flee During the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Whether anyone from Custer’s immediate command escaped the massacre is debatable, but some definitely tried to get away.
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Daily Quiz for June 15, 2013
This woman was the first female professor at the Sorbonne.
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Good Reads for Summer Vacation
Hot tips on the season’s best books from HistoryNet editors and reviewers
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Daily Quiz for June 14, 2013
Bob Ford, who shot and killed murderer and robber Jesse James, was a member of this.
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How did abolitionism become the dominant American reform movement?
How and why did abolitionism become the dominant American reform movement? Elizabeth Ngugi ? […]