History and Society Answers
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WHY DID THE US SUPPORT THE CHILEAN COUP AGAINST ALLENDE IN 1973?
Allende was a Socialist. The Unidad Popular coalition didn't plan to abolish capitalism, but to reform it in a Keynesian sense. The US government acc
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WHY DO AMERICANS SEEM TO KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT WORLD HISTORY AND WORLD GEOGRAPHY AND FOREIGN SOCIETIES AND LANGUAGES?
You are right about the public school answer. I am Canadian and I have had people from Michigan ask me where they can go ski. This is south western O
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WHEN WAS NYLON INVENTED AND DO THE LETTERS NY AND LON STAND FOR NEW YORK AND LONDON?
Nylon was invented by Wallace Carothers in 1935. There was a great demand for it as it was used for parachutes and tires. It is still used today in t
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HAVE THERE BEEN ANY MEASURES INTRODUCED TO STOP GRAVE ROBBERS?
Since your question was put under history I will take it as that, but it's a difficult question to answer because it involves many countries of the w
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WHAT COUNTRIES DID THE HAPSBURG EMPIRE RULE?
In the period 1866-1918 the Hapsburg Empire consisted of the whole of these countries: Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia.
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WHO IS BETTY BAMALAM?
"Black Betty Bamalam" is a fictitious character in one of Walter Mosley's books. Walter Mosley is 52 years old and was born in L.A., Cal. He is the
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WHAT MADE BRITISH COMMONERS?
This term refers to those citizens of the United Kingdom who do NOT are not nobles (such as dukes, earls, barons and their wives) . Even knights and
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WHERE CAN YOU FIND OUT ABOUT A LITHIGRAPH TITLED THE OLD OLD STORY BY EDWIN ANDERSON?
I have a copy of a print by EDwin Anderson showing Cupid at the piano, with a man and woman seated on a love seat. Is this the llithograph you are l
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WHAT ARE JUSTIFIABLE GROUNDS FOR THE UNITED STATES TO GO TO WAR?
Legally, to go to 'war' - the President generally asks to Congress to declare a state of war. It is assumed that Congress is a large enough body to d
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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF IMPERIALISM IN CHINA?
First we should clarify whether we are talking about Chinese imperialism or non-Chinese imperialism imposed upon China. China expanded practically t
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