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I'm taking a high school government class right now, and reading many primary documents (Federalist 10 and 51, the Constitution, etc.), I've come to wonder how modern American English writing has evolved to emphasize word economy and conciseness (an area even tested on the English portion of the ACT college entrance exam in my personal experience).
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His first VP was John Garner, who was his VP for his first and second term. Then for his 3rd term, he swapped to Henry Wallace. Then for his 4th and 5th term, he swapped to Harry Truman, who became president after FDR died in office. Were these swaps based more on the VP's decisions or did FDR have an issue with Garner and Wallace that led to him choosing a different VP? Or did FDR's health impact his decision to choose a different VP, maybe thinking the idea of a VP becoming president was more likely as his health progressively got worse? I get that we can't know for sure what was going on in FDR's head at the time, but what was happening politically at the time and did FDR ever make a statement on the topic?
EDIT: he was elected 4 times, not 5. And Truman only was VP for one term, not two. M'bad
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I am reading the excellent book "The good war", by Studs Terkel. In the book he interviews Joe Marcus, who was quote "appointed in 1940 head of civilian requirements division". From what I can gather, he was involved in allocating the resources required to power the industry of war production.
Marcus said " There were two important secret projects. They had code names. One was the Manhattan Project. We all know what that is now. The other was the Arctic Circle Project. I didn't know what the hell it was. Certain kinds of industrial chains were needed by the Russians for pulleys on ships or something like that. I was supposed to worry about these things. Seems like a simple thing. it had White House priority. Top. The decision was made to build a factory to make that chain. I don't recall it ever being built."
The fact that it was put on par with the Manhattan project immediately intrigued me, but surprisingly google didn't provide any immediate answers. Does anyone have information on it?
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My best guess would be that the late 1950s Beetle ad campaign appealed to anti-consumerist and heterodox sentiments, which got the ball rolling. The wonderful /u/kieslowskifan writes as much in this thread, gratifyingly:
Helmut Krone's famous advertising campaign for VW certainly helped the Beetle to gain public recognition inside the US. Krone's advertisements were often humorous and thumbed its nose at Detroit's advertising norms. For example, Krone's department created large ads with minimal text and pictures and urged consumers to "think small." This helped cement the Beetle as a individualistic car that was counter to the conformist norms of American automobiles of this era (e.g. more horsepower, more tailfins, etc.). For the emerging counter-culture, the apparent anti-consumerist symbolism of the VW made it an attractive choice.
...but that does not explain how the VW-hippy pairing was cemented, just how circumstances permitted it.
Was it the utilitarian design ethos? Period models are renown for their modification potential (Beetle-based racecar and race buggy formula still exist for cost-limited competition) and the Microbus could be configured for many forms of recreation.
Thanks.
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I've tried Googling this but didn't have any real luck. Everything just states that Harvard was founded in 1636 and that's about it.
Sorry if this isn't the right subreddit. r/history sent me here
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Please excuse my poor knowledge of history beforehand.
When groups have risen overtime with an agenda focused on hate or superiority at the expense of others, what happened to return things to more peaceful regularity?
Following times of genocide or oppression when the oppressors are defeated through warfare or other means, what societal changes take place to quash any lingering hate and chaos among groups?
Was there lingering anti-Semitism in Germany following WWII? How long was it until things were “ok” again?
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Did he have any plans for when the war was over, did he have any goals beside defeating the south and freeing the slaves?
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I have been getting more and more interested in Russian history and I want to read about this period.
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So, I am trying to learn about my family's history, and I have just learned that my great-grandparents actually left before the start of World War II. They were not very successful but had a good life. They lived in Vienna, Austria. So, I guess I am wondering when did the Jewish persecution actually being?
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How badly did he threat his slaves? Did he free them by choice or by being forced.
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Presumably, humans originally washed their hair with water, or with whatever they used for the rest of their bodies. When, why, and how did we change to having a special kind of cleaner for our hair? Bonus question: What about conditioner?
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When a normal citizen (so not a nobel or rich family, say, farmers for example) went to war (forced or freely), and then they died in said war, was his family informed of that fact, in one way or another? If yes, how? I'm interested in the European medieval age, and the roman republic specifically, but not exclusively.
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As far as I know this was an innovation in the 2000 election. But how exactly did it happen and who decided to reverse the traditional (elsewhere) association of red/left-ish and blue/conservative?
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Where I'm living there's quite a few Gurdwara, and a large portion of Indian immigrants I see (i.e. they speak with an accent) wear turbans, which IIRC is a specifically Sikh thing.
AFAIK, Sikhism is a minority religion in India by far (this map, for example), comprising about 2% of the population.
Am I deceiving myself, or are Sikhs actually over-represented as a percentage of Indian people who move abroad? If so, why?
(side note: the Sikh people I've met are wonderful, for the most part!)
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The Golden Ass is the only Ancient Roman novel to survive in its entirety. What was this book likely originally written on? Who likely preserved this book, especially after Rome fell? I'm interested in how this text managed to survive until the invention of the printing press.
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Basic gist is I'm trynna be a History teacher for secondary school. I'm in my last two years of Highschool, joined On Ramps U S history, yadda yadda, you understand. I've given up on history in recent years but as I approach college and now have a friend who wants the exact same job as me, i feel like it's my job to actually learn history again, and not just put out random ww2 facts.
If you don't have book suggestions, websites help too! We're leaning in on ramps to look for accurate sources, as well and primary and secondary ones. So on. Or even book Authors!
General focus stuff that spread across long periods of time is European History and American history. As well as political science stuff too. Oh, and Anything world history wise betweens 1850 and 1950!
For more detailed interests are....inhale
The lead up to WW1, WW1 itself, period between WW1 and 2 politically, Prohbition Era in the U.S, IRA uprisings, Austrian History, Fascism in Europe, Communism in Europe, and European Wars from 1850 to 1900, Russia, Prussia (Basically, got Europe?)
Roman Empire (From start to finish), Holy Roman Empire, fall of Rome, the dark ages
The only thing I do not care about specifically what time it's in is European History and U.S History.
Any books or Websites on these topics would help me greatly as I start my collection back up!
Thanks in advance.
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