| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This work describes hereditary succession as evil in a section that refutes the divine right of kings. This text states "there is something absurd" about an island ruling a continent like America. "These are the times that try men's souls" opens, for the point, what 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine advocating for American independence? | Common Sense |
| This event prompted the case McGrain v. Daugherty, which found that witnesses could be compelled to testify. Edward Doheny and Harry Sinclair were beneficiaries of this event, which was investigated by a Senate committee led by Robert M. La Follette and included bribes paid to Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall. For the point, name this scandal of the Harding administration which involved a namesake oil reserve in Wyoming. | Teapot Dome Scandal |
| While campaigning for senate, Smedley Butler gave a speech to this group, after which he dubbed himself a “Hoover-for-Ex-President-Republican." This group, which was led by Walter Waters, was expelled from Anacostia Flats by troops under the command of Douglas MacArthur. For the point, name this protest group that marched on Washington to demand backpay from World War One. | Bonus Army (or Bonus Expeditionary Force) |
| This person documented contemporary voodoo practices in Haiti and Jamaica in the book Tell My Horse. This person’s autoethnographic research on Black folktales led to the book Mules and Men. Interest in this person’s writings were renewed by an article titled “In Search of [her]” by Alice Walker, who also labeled an unmarked grave in her honor. For the point, name this anthropologist and author who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God. | Zora Neale Hurston |
| One leader of this organization headed the United States Atomic Energy Commission. David Lilienthal's experiences with this organization proved useful when managing projects along the Mekong. For the point, identify this New Deal utility corporation that oversaw various hydropower projects from its headquarters in Knoxville. | TVA (accept Tennessee Valley Authority) |
| After this event, its perpetrator was relieved of command by Nelson Miles. The majority of military casualties in this event were caused by friendly fire from Hotchkiss mountain guns brought by James Forsyth. This event was carried out over fears that a Ghost Dance ritual might be a prelude to an attack by Spotted Elk. For the point, name this event, a massacre of Lakota civilians that took place along a namesake creek in South Dakota. | Wounded Knee Massacre |
| A man of this ethnic group developed the earliest portable mine detector during World War Two. A scientist of this ethnicity worked with the Hungarian-American Edward Teller on an early thermonuclear weapon design, and another member of this ethnic group was the first to develop the oral vaccine for polio. Albert Sabin and Stanislaw Ulam were of, for the point, what ethnicity of many scientists who have attended the University of Warsaw? | Polish (accept Polish-Americans; accept Poles) |
| While in Tepoztlán, this man had a vision where he said God revealed that the angels described in Ezekiel were actually UFOs. While speaking at his headquarters in the Mosque Maryam, this man declared that God intended to destroy the United States. This man used the newspaper Final Call to spread the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. For the point, name this former leader of the Nation of Islam who organized the Million Man March. | Louis Farrakhan (or Louis Eugene Walcott) |
| This initiative merged with the British Tube Alloy project into the Combined Policy Committee via the Quebec Agreement. This project involved the construction of the Clinton Engineer Works at the Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee. The Trinity Test was the product of, for the point, what project in which scientists at Los Alamos Laboratory developed the first nuclear weapons? | Manhattan Project (or Development of Substitute Materials) |
| This politician pioneered “moneybomb” fundraising in a 2008 presidential campaign that set him up to be the “intellectual godfather” of the Tea Party movement. This congressman from Galveston became popular for his opposition to government surveillance and the War on Drugs, and he toggled between the Libertarian and Republican parties in his campaigns for the White House. For the point, identify this politician and father of a current senator named Rand. | Ron Paul (prompt on "Paul;" do NOT accept "Rand Paul") |
| This man forced a retreat of the numerically superior Army of the North under Mariano Arista at the Battle of Palo Alto before forcing another retreat the next day at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. At La Angostura, this man’s forces turned back Santa Anna’s troops at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican- American War. For the point, name this general, nicknamed “Old Rough and Ready,” who later became the twelfth president of the United States. | Zachary Taylor |
| Prior to this event, its organizer purchased 950 metal pikes for use by a hypothetical illiterate force. This event was covertly funded by a group known as the Secret Six, who supplied its perpetrators with Sharps carbine rifles nicknamed Beecher’s Bibles. This event was carried out with the expectation that it would spark a spontaneous uprising among the enslaved people of the U.S. For the point, name this failed raid on a West Virginia arsenal. | John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry (or John Brown’s Raid) |
| Joseph Votel targeted rebel groups in this country in Operation Rhino, which followed Operation Crescent Wind. The first major American offensive during a conflict in this country was the fall of Mazar-i- Sharif. The U.S. waged the Battle of Tora Bora in this country to capture the leader of a Salafi jihadist group. Operation Enduring Freedom occurred during the U.S. invasion of, for the point, what country, from which al-Qaeda was led by Osama bin Laden? | Afghanistan (accept Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) |
| In 1824, nine Native Americans were killed in this state during the Fall Creek massacre. Before the rise of the automobile, Sylvanus Bowser invented the gasoline pump in this state, and a veteran of the War of 1812 co-founded this state's city of Fort Wayne. Members of the KKK held a conference in South Bend in this state that was protested by students from the University of Notre Dame. For the point, name this state that publishes The Hoosier. | Indiana |
| This man was mocked by his rivals with the question “who is [this man]?" This president relieved one general of command after receiving a letter from friend and supporter Gideon Johnson Pillow. This man, who was likened to Andrew Jackson with the nickname “Little Hickory,” oversaw the annexation of Texas and California with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. For the point, name this "Dark Horse" president who oversaw the Mexican-American War. | James K. Polk (or James Knox Polk) |
| An individual with this surname founded a company that released the The Checkered Game of Life in 1860. Another person with this surname won an Olympic gold medal for basketball in 1964 and later served as a senator from New Jersey. This surname was also shared by the first person to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. For the point, identify this shared surname of manufacturer Milton, NBA all-star Bill, and General of the Army Omar. | Bradley (accept Milton Bradley; accept William Warren Bradley; accept Bill Bradley; accept Omar Nelson Bradley) |
| This man offered $500 to anyone who could communicate with the dead in the book The Humbugs of the World. This man testified against William M. Mumler during his fraud trial, and a museum exhibited by this man featured attractions such as General Tom Thumb, Zip the Pinhead, and conjoined twins Chang and Eng. "There's a sucker born every minute" is a quote attributed to, for the point, what showman who founded a famed circus with James Bailey? | P.T. Barnum (or Phineas Taylor Barnum) |
| This man used a state militia to put down Gabriel's Rebellion as governor of Virginia. A faithless elector from New Hampshire denied this man a unanimous Electoral College victory. This man's doctrine stated that European involvement in the Americas would be considered a threat to the U.S., and reduction of partisan splits during this man’s presidency led to the Era of Good Feelings. For the point, name this fifth president, the successor of James Madison. | James Monroe |
| An estimated $3 billion in benefits were withheld from members of this ethnicity by the Rescission Act of 1946. In 1927, opposition to members of this ethnicity gave rise to the Yakima Valley riots. A wave of post-1917 immigration of this ethnic group included large numbers of Ilocano and Visayans. The earliest Asians thought to have inhabited California, this is, for the point, what ethnic group who immigrated to the U.S. from cities like Manila? | Filipino-Americans |
| Anti-Mormonism in this state culminated in the Haun's Mill Massacre. A Creek chief accepted Tecumseh's abilities after he predicted this state's devastating New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. The Thomas Proviso paved the way for the admission of this state, which was represented by Senator Thomas Hart Benton. A piece of legislation named for this state admitted Maine as a free state. For the point, identify this state that names an 1820 Compromise. | Missouri (accept Missouri Compromise) |
| The winner of this election year was married to the cousin of a candidate who received 72 electoral votes. John Bell ran as the only presidential candidate of the Constitutional Union party during this election year, and the winning vice presidential candidate in this election year hailed from Maine. John C. Breckenridge represented the Southern Democrats in, for the point, what antebellum-era election year in which Hannibal Hamlin and Abraham Lincoln won their first terms? | Election of 1860 |
| Mayor Seth Low ended patronage positions in this borough during its era of “clean politics.” This borough's name comes from the Dutch for "bog stream," and Eric Adams served as president of this borough, which includes neighborhoods such as Crown Heights and Coney Island. A structure named for this borough was the world's longest suspension bridge when it was opened in 1883. For the point, name this borough, the most populous in New York. | Brooklyn (prompt on "New York" or "New York City") |
| In a speech announcing this event, its subject claimed to feel a "...personal sense of kinship with each and every American." The subject of this event claimed it was “abhorrent to every instinct of [his] body [but he] must put the interest of America first.” The day after this event, its subject made a double V sign as he boarded a helicopter on August 9, 1974. For the point, identify this event in which Gerald Ford’s predecessor stepped down from office. | Resignation of Richard Nixon (accept equivalents) |
| The U.S. government created a safety bureau after a methane fire sparked this industry's Monongah disaster. Paint Creek was a location central to this industry's namesake "Wars," and John L. Lewis first led workers in this industry, who were also led by IWW co-founder Mother Jones in a Colorado strike that culminated in the Ludlow Massacre. For the point, identify this primarily Appalachian industry that is represented by the United Mine Workers. | Coal Mining (accept equivalents; prompt on "Mining") |
| An independent council that investigated allegedly improper real estate deals in this state probed the Whitewater Scandal. Ken Starr led that independent council, which eventually exposed the complicity of a former governor of this state in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. For the point, name this state where Bill Clinton once served as governor in Little Rock. | Arkansas |
| Prior to his death, this man was depicted in Muhammad Speaks with his head being used as a ball, and in Ebony peeking out of a window with an M1 Carbine. This man was assassinated by Thomas Hagan in the Audubon Ballroom. For the point, identify this civil rights figure who led the Nation of Islam and replaced his last name with a single letter. | Malcolm X (or Malcolm Little; or El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) |
| Andrew Carnegie helped to kickstart this city’s manufacture of its most famous product by employing the Bessemer process. This city became an important distribution point for manufacturing due to its location on the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. J.P Morgan and U.S. Steel further bolstered the industry of, for the point, what largest city in western Pennsylvania? | Pittsburgh |
| This person developed a love of donuts after endorsing Southern Maid Donuts while working at the Louisiana Hayride. While stationed in Bad Nauheim, this person met his future wife Priscilla Beaulieu and developed an eventually fatal addiction to barbiturates. For the point, identify this native of Tupelo, Mississippi who later lived in the Memphis mansion Graceland. | Elvis Presley |
| The delayed release of slaves in this state was announced by Major General Gordon Granger and is celebrated on the holiday Juneteenth. This state’s cotton shipments were sold overland to Mexico, or left to rot after the Union blockaded Galveston. For the point, name this state that seceded from the Union after deposing its governor, Sam Houston. | Texas |
| This president's secretary of state, William Marcy, helped acquire land beyond the Gila River in the Gadsden Purchase. William Rufus King was on the winning ticket of this president, who once served as U.S. Attorney in his home state of New Hampshire. For the point, identify this president who defeated Winfield Scott and succeeded Millard Fillmore. | Franklin Pierce |
| This figure coined the term "Sun Belt'' when arguing for the construction of Route 66. This figure, who was known as “Mr. Democrat,” served in the House of Representatives from 1913 to 1961, including a record eight years as dean of the House. The longest-serving Speaker of the House, for the point, who was this Texas congressman? | Sam Rayburn (or Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn) |