History Q & A
Supreme Court Nominations: Questions and Answers by HNN Staff
Week of August 10, 2009
How Did Americans Feel About Incarcerating German POW's in W. W. II on US Soil? by Megan Stephenson
Week of March 23, 2009
What Is the "Negro National Anthem"? by Alison Diefenderfer
Week of February 16, 2009
When Did the Great Depression Receive Its Name? (And Who Named It?) by Noah Mendel
Week of January 26, 2009
Are We Really Printing Money to Finance Our Debts? by Omar Hossini
Have Presidential Inaugurations Always Featured Religion? by Megan McKee
Week of November 24, 2008
Why Is Our Thanksgiving Bird Called a Turkey? (Answer: Because, of course, it came from Turkey) by Larry E. Tise
Week of February 25, 2008
What Are the Origins of “Reasonable Doubt”? by James Q. Whitman
Week of February 11, 2008
Who Chooses the Theme for Black History Month? by Kati Singel
Week of January 7, 2008
Did Anyone Care that George Romney Was Mormon? by Mark Neels
Week of October 15, 2007
Does the Presidential Candidate with the Most Money Usually Become the Party Nominee? by Rick Shenkman
Week of June 4, 2007
Why Do We Hear About the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions? Where Are the Other 99? by Troy Vettese
Week of April 23, 2007
What's the Difference Between Wikipedia and Conservapedia? by Troy Vettese
Week of March 19, 2007
Do the Firings of U.S. Attorneys Have a Precedent? by John Elrick
Week of March 5, 2007
How Many Other Times Has Congress Tried to Limit Presidential Power in Foreign Affairs? by Troy Vettese
Week of February 19, 2007
How Easy Is It to Search the Complete Archives of the New York Times Online? by Thomas Padilla
Week of January 15, 2007
How have past U.S. Presidents broken the bad news in times of war? by Caleb Miller
Week of November 6, 2006
What happened when Democrats in Congress cut off funding for the Vietnam War? by Lauren Zanolli
Week of October 9, 2006
Were Nazis Tortured in World War II? by Caleb Miller
Week of September 25, 2006
What is Ramadan? by Sana Shahid
Week of July 3, 2006
How Does My Lai Compare to the Incident at Haditha? by Daniel Sauerwein
Week of June 5, 2006
Where Did The Term “The West” Originate? by Nathan Calverley
Week of May 8, 2006
Did Muslims Visit America Before Columbus? by Rebecca Fachner
Week of February 27, 2006
When Did Presidents of the United States Begin to Worry about Our Dependence on Foreign Oil Supplies? by Daniel Sauerwein
Week of January 16, 2006
Has President Bush Spoken to More Military Audiences than His Predecessors? by Melissah J. Pawlikowski
Week of November 21, 2005
How Do Iraq and Vietnam Compare? by Nicholas Stirrett
Week of November 7, 2005
Is It True that President Bush Hasn't Hired Any Jews in His Cabinet? by Andrea Young
Week of October 24, 2005
Was Katrina the Biggest, the Worst Natural Disaster in U.S. History? by Normand Forgues-Roy
Week of October 3, 2005
What Is the Posse Comitatus Act? by Dana Somerville
What Is the Red Mass? by Melissah Pawlikowski
Week of September 19, 2005
Have Americans Usually Supported Their Wars? by HNN Staff
Week of August 1, 2005
Recess Appointments: Questions and Answers by HNN Staff
Week of July 25, 2005
Did Republicans Apply an Ideological Test to Bill Clinton's Supreme Court Nominees? by Bonnie Goodman
Week of July 11, 2005
What Did the Federalist Papers Say About Supreme Court Appointments? by Ed Pompeian
Week of June 20, 2005
How did the Present Alternative Minimum Tax come into Existence? by Bonnie Goodman
Week of May 30, 2005
What Are the Origins of Memorial Day? by Stephen A. Bowden
Week of April 11, 2005
How Did Guantanamo Become a Prison? by Jane Franklin
Week of February 14, 2005
What Did Condi Rice's Nomination in the 21st Century Have in Common with Henry Clay's in the 19th? by Bonnie Goodman
Week of December 20, 2004
What Is Wikipedia ... And How Does It Treat History? by Alex Bosworth
Week of December 13, 2004
What Did Jane Fonda Really Do Over in Hanoi? by Nathaniel Bates
Week of November 1, 2004
Who Correctly Predicted the Outcome of the Election?: A Report Card by HNN Staff
Week of October 25, 2004
What Are the Arguments Made in Favor--And Against--the Electoral College? by Nathaniel Bates
How Many October Surprises Have There Been? by Bonnie Goodman
Week of October 18, 2004
What Qualifies as Demagoguery? by P.M. Carpenter
Week of October 4, 2004
Do Front-Runners in September Always Win? by Aaron Burkart
How Many Elections Has Vietnam Played a Role in? by Bonnie Goodman
Week of May 10, 2004
Is the Abuse of POW's Under American Control Unprecedented? by Günter Bischof
Week of April 26, 2004
What Other Presidents Have Faced Official Questioning?
Week of February 23, 2004
Is Iraq an Arab Country? by Juan Cole
Did the Jews Kill Jesus? by Robert Goldenberg
