History
What really happened — historical claims measured against the sources.
The United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq in 2003.
NOT BS
The Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson–Reed Act) limited annual immigration for each nationality to 2% of the foreign-born population of that nationality living in the United States as recorded in the 1890 census.
NOT BS
During the 1930s and 1940s, the Japanese government linked eugenics to nationalism by arguing that Japan's national strength depended on the biological quality of its citizens.
HARDLY BS
Japan's eugenics policies in the early 20th century were influenced by eugenics policies in Europe and the United States.
NOT BS
Under Japan's National Eugenics Law of 1940, sterilization decisions were often made by medical professionals and government officials rather than by the individuals themselves.
MOSTLY BS
The wreck of the RMS Titanic was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1985.
HARDLY BS
Israel initiated the first major military attacks of the Yom Kippur War on October 6, 1973, by attacking Egypt and Syria.
TOTAL BS
Historians widely characterize the Korean War (1950–1953) as a Cold War conflict linked to the United States policy of containment of communism.
NOT BS
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom Foreign Office directly instructed the England national football team to perform the Nazi salute in Berlin on May 14, 1938.
MOSTLY BS
A conflict between Tarentum and the Roman Republic caused the war between the Roman Republic and Pyrrhus of Epirus.
NOT BS
John Dewey wrote the Spanish sentence "La escuela debe convertirse en una comunidad embrionaria, un tipo de vida social en pequeña escala que refleja la vida de la sociedad de una manera más amplia" in a work cited as (Dewey, 1899/1986, p. 27).
TOTAL BS
The Cuban Revolution was driven primarily by Cuban nationalist and anti-imperialist traditions rather than by communism.
HARDLY BS
Hristo Smirnenski was a communist.
NOT BS
The 1991 Political Constitution of Colombia was adopted during a period in Colombia characterized by high levels of violence, drug trafficking, and political crisis.
NOT BS
The Romantic era popularized the cultural image of the artist as a solitary genius.
HARDLY BS
Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of general relativity.
TOTAL BS
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici developed new methods of banking.
HARDLY BS
Kalemegdan Fortress in Belgrade was rebuilt and expanded by multiple powers including the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg Monarchy, and medieval Serbian states.
NOT BS
United States involvement in South Korea during the Korean War is considered one of the more successful Cold War interventions.
HARDLY BSNo checks match that verdict.