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The following truths about history are typically denied by liberal history textbooks:

The following truths about history are typically denied by liberal history textbooks:

#That "Yankee ingenuity" (American inventions) far surpassed the rest of the world, and brought great wealth to it

#That "Yankee ingenuity" (American inventions) far surpassed the rest of the world, and brought great wealth to it.

#That military battles are an essential part of history, and of preserving freedom.

#That military battles are an essential part of history, and of preserving freedom.

#That there were valid reasons for past opposition to immigration which had nothing to do with racism; immigration did not enable the North to beat the South.

#That there were valid reasons for past opposition to immigration which had nothing to do with racism; immigration did not enable the North to beat the South.

#That President [[LBJ]]'s [[Great Society]] did little to alleviate poverty.

#That President [[LBJ]]'s [[Great Society]] did little to alleviate poverty.

#That President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s foreign policy was key to ending the Cold War.

#That President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s foreign policy was key to ending the Cold War.

#That NO "[[triangular trade]]" existed in the 17th and 18th centuries with the New World<ref>In fact, no specific "triangular" trade route has ever been identified and it is unlikely that there was significant sale of goods to Africa at that time.  The term was invented by an historian more than 100 years later.</ref>

#That NO "[[triangular trade]]" existed in the 17th and 18th centuries with the New World<ref>In fact, no specific "triangular" trade route has ever been identified and it is unlikely that there was significant sale of goods to Africa at that time.  The term was invented by an historian more than 100 years later.</ref>.

#That the [[Catholic Church]] has a history of promoting science, not suppressing it.

#That the [[Catholic Church]] has a history of promoting science, not suppressing it.