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What effect did the industrial revolution, especially in textiles, have on American slavery?

The Battle of Verdun was a massive, ten-month long offensive launched by the Germans as part of a war of attrition. What is the purpose of a war of attrition, as exemplified by the German assertion that they would “bleed France white” at Verdun?

According to Marx and Engels in The Communist Manifesto, all of human history up to the present has been the history of: 

What did the French mean when they talked of their “civilizing mission,” their reason–or excuse–for pursuing imperialism in east Asia and Africa?

Who replaced Stalin as head of the USSR following Stalin’s death from a stroke in 1953 (good riddance)?

Karl Marx claimed his socialist worldview was “scientific” because it was based not on ideas, but on material forces, especially:

How was the Battle of Britain fought?

What event prompted the abdication of the Kaiser and the collapse of the German Empire?

How did the Soviets establish hegemony over Eastern Europe during and after World War II?

The cotton gin, which mechanically separated seeds from cotton “lint” or fiber, was invented in Georgia by New England school teacher Eli Whitney. What was significance of this American agricultural device for the British industrial revolution?