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What were the causes of World War 2?Popularity: 864
What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
Popularity: 618
Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
Popularity: 615
When did the Vietnam War start and end?
Popularity: 534
What advantages did the North have over the South in the US Civil War?
Popularity: 482
How did New York get its name?
Popularity: 391
What does the D in D-Day stand for?
Popularity: 371
Who founded New York?
Popularity: 359
Who wrote the US Constitution?
Popularity: 311
Who invented the television?
Popularity: 301
What were the causes of the American Revolution?
Popularity: 298
When was the United States of America founded?
Popularity: 288
What advantages did the South have over the North in the US Civil War?
Popularity: 287
Who were the significant world leaders during World War 2?
Popularity: 280
What role did sectionalism play in the nation during the Era of Good Feeling?
Popularity: 275
What was Thomas Jefferson's childhood and schooling like?
Popularity: 265
How many Americans died in World War 2?
Popularity: 257
What problems did the homesteaders face in the American West?
Popularity: 254
What was the importance of baseball to the economy during the Great Depression?
Popularity: 249
Who are famous people from Maine?
Popularity: 231
What was Ben Franklin's view on slavery?
Popularity: 227
When was the US Constitution signed?
Popularity: 224
When did the US enter World War 2?
Popularity: 223
Who is Frank Lucas' wife?
Popularity: 204
What was the Great Depression?
Popularity: 191
Why was D-Day important to the Allies?
Popularity: 189
Why did the founding fathers pick the number three-fifths for the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Popularity: 187
How long did the attack on Pearl Harbor last?
Popularity: 187
Who were the founding fathers of New Hampshire?
Popularity: 187
What was the American economy like in the 18th century?
Popularity: 185
Who was mayor of Laredo Texas in 1953?
Popularity: 183
Where did the name Jayhawks come from?
Popularity: 179
Why did the gold rush attract so many people to California?
Popularity: 163
What were the causes of the Vietnam War?
Popularity: 162
How did the founding fathers build their views into the Constitution?
Popularity: 160
How would our country be different if the South had won the Civil War?
Popularity: 152
Where can you find facts and stories about John 'Liver-eating' Johnston?
Popularity: 152
How did slavery start?
Popularity: 150
What are the main pros and cons to immigration in North America?
Popularity: 148
What was the original name of New York City?
Popularity: 145
How did World War 2 help end the Great Depression?
Popularity: 144
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Popularity: 141
What is the 'Train Band' and where might more info be found on it?
Popularity: 135
Why were the Articles of Confederation weak?
Popularity: 134
What do the stars on the US flag mean?
Popularity: 129
What ended World War 2?
Popularity: 129
Who ratified the US Constitution?
Popularity: 129
Who was Frank Lucas wife?
Popularity: 128
What is the difference between fascism and communism?
Popularity: 125
What are the branches and functions of Maine government as laid out in the Maine Constitution?
Popularity: 125
What were the effects of the Vietnam War?
Popularity: 124
What did Lincoln hope and fight for?
Popularity: 119
What does four score and ten mean and where does the term 'score' come from?
Popularity: 118
Who wrote the First Amendment to the US Constitution?
Popularity: 117
When was television invented?
Popularity: 117
How does the American Constitution work?
Popularity: 115
What were the original 13 colonies that became the first US states?
Popularity: 113
What were the US cold war policies and practices in international relations in the late 1940s to the mid 1950s?
Popularity: 113
Where can you find information about CCC camps in the 1930s?
Popularity: 112
What are the duties of the US Congress?
Popularity: 109
Why were the railroads so important to the growth of the United States?
Popularity: 109
Who was at the Constitutional Convention?
Popularity: 107
What is the Three-fifths compromise?
Popularity: 107
How did the world wars change the way Americans think and behave?
Popularity: 107
What caused the American colonists' break with Great Britain?
Popularity: 106
Where was the US Constitution written?
Popularity: 105
When did the US enter World War 1?
Popularity: 102
Where were most of the battles fought during the Civil War?
Popularity: 102
What are the height and width requirements for the US flag?
Popularity: 100
Why did people move to New Jersey in colonial times?
Popularity: 100
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