What Caused the Civil War?
By a 48%-to-38% margin, more Americans say states’ rights rather than slavery was the main cause of the Civil War.
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By a 48%-to-38% margin, more Americans say states’ rights rather than slavery was the main cause of the Civil War.
Just one-in-ten Americans have a positive reaction when they see the Confederate flag displayed.
Far more young adults are able to identify the founder of Facebook (63%) than name the speaker of the House (21%).
Fewer than four-in-ten Americans can say which house of Congress is controlled by the GOP.
A record 6.6 million Latinos voted in the 2010 midterm election, but the group’s representation remains below its share of the general population.
A majority of Egyptians want their country to annul its peace treaty with Israel.
By a 22-point margin, Egyptians choose democracy over stability.
A quarter of Millennials are not sure they ever want to get married.
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