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History is packed with fascinating characters, issues, and events - the Salem Witchcraft Trials, Andrew Jackson, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, the Reagan Revolution, and of course ALL THOSE WARS. You'd have to work at it to NOT be interested in them. But what about all the other stuff - especially those names, events, and issues which seem to show up on every set of state standards or ""must know"" compilations - which isn't as fascinating? The people and events we're pretty sure we've learned about (probably several times) but still can't quite recall? The XYZ Affair. The Bessemer Process. The Tariff of... something. (Hey, there are a LOT of tariffs on those lists!) Whatever decade came before the Sixties and whoever was president before Reagan. Oh, and the Sherman Antitrust Act. Especially the Sherman Antitrust Act. Makes me tense and twitchy just typing it. ""Have To"" History: The Boring Parts is your magical solution to all things forgettable in our collective past. Whether you're a student trying to survive class or an adult who simply loves learning because you're weird, we'll break down and explore the most elusive, snooze-inducing topics in all of U.S. history. By the time we're finished, you'll not only remember them and why they matter (at least to the people who keep making those lists), you might actually find them slightly less boring than you thought.

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