| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This politician rose to fame by arguing for the Two Penny Act in the Parson's Cause, and he led troops against Lord Dunmore in the Gunpowder Incident. This man argued, "if this be treason, make the most of it!" when protesting the Stamp Act, and said he "smelt a rat" when refusing to attend the Constitutional Convention. For the point, name this Virginia politician who advocated for the American Revolution by proclaiming, "give me liberty or give me death!" | Patrick Henry |
| The goal of “save the man” was given for these institutions by Richard Henry Pratt, who founded one in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Children held in these institutions were forced to speak only English and had traditional haircuts shaved off. For the point, name these institutions used to forcibly assimilate and integrate indigenous people into White American culture. | American Indian Schools (or American Indian Boarding Schools; or American Indian Residential Schools; accept respectful equivalents in place of “Indian” such as “Native American”) |
| This department was headed by secretaries such as Chad Wolf and Alejandro Mayorkas, who were the last in the line of presidential succession. This department maintains the Citizenship and Immigration Services, as well as the Secret Service since 2003. This organization was criticized for the detention of protestors in Portland, Oregon, and its agents are often stationed at airports. For the point, name this cabinet department created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. | Department of Homeland Security (or DHS) |
| Cesar Chavez nominated this man for president at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. As governor, this man opposed the Briggs Initiative, which was not approved by voters. This former mayor of Oakland was succeeded as his state's attorney general by Kamala Harris. The longest-serving governor in U.S. history, for the point, who is this two-time Governor of California who served from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019? | Jerry Brown (or Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.; prompt on "Brown") |
| The statement, "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers," is attributed to this man, who once said, "it's easy for the Monday morning quarterback to say what the coach should have done," when describing a motto he kept printed on his desk. For the point, name this president whose sayings included "the buck stops here," which he adopted as his motto after succeeding FDR. | Harry S. Truman |
| This author apocryphally said that socialism failed in the U.S. because poor Americans view themselves as “temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” This author documented his road trip in a camper named Rocinante with his pet poodle in Travels with Charley. This author’s most famous novel depicts “Okies” such as the Joad family escaping the Dust Bowl. For the point, name this author who depicted the Great Depression in The Grapes of Wrath. | John Steinbeck (or John Ernst Steinbeck Jr.) |
| George H.W. Bush appointed this figure to the District Court of New York after saying on Good Morning America that “law work was drudgery” and that she expected more after law school. This judge broke the 1994 MLB strike, potentially saving Major League Baseball, and she was appointed by Barack Obama to replace David Souter in her best-known position. For the point, name this woman, the first Latina to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. | Sonia Sotomayor |
| This long-time controller of Trans World Airlines was 21 when he produced his first Oscar-winning comedy, Two Arabian Knights. This man isolated himself after a nearly fatal plane crash and began to exhibit bizarre behaviors like collecting bottles of his own urine. For the point, name this eccentric American billionaire who designed the Hercules H-4, or “Spruce Goose.” | Howard Hughes (or Howard Robard Hughes Jr.) |
| This tribe nearly lost its federal status over disagreements with the Tamiami Trail Miccosukee, who later formed an independent tribe. Under Chief Billy Bowlegs, this tribe was forcibly relocated to Oklahoma. The Treaty of Payne's Landing called for the removal of this tribe, which fought the longest native war in U.S. history. For the point, name this Native American tribe that was led by Osceola in one of three wars against the United States in Florida. | Seminoles |
| After this battle, American troops perpetrated the Chenogne [[sheh-NOHN]] massacre in retaliation for the Malmedy killings. Following this battle, Bernard Montgomery and Dwight Eisenhower split over their strategy for invading Germany in the broad front vs narrow front controversy. For the point, name this battle fought in the Ardennes Forest, the last German offensive of World War Two. | Battle of the Bulge (accept the Ardennes Offensive before "Ardennes" is mentioned) |
| This president's secretary of the Navy, Thomas Walker Gilmer and secretary of state, Abel Upshur, were killed in the Princeton disaster. This man’s grandson Lyon makes him the earliest president with a living grandchild. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay described this president as just "acting president" or "regent," and he was often referred to as "His Accidency." For the point, name this Virginian who became president after the death of William Henry Harrison. | John Tyler |
| This man exposed Mina Crandon as part of a quest to debunk spiritualists, which led to tension between him and Arthur Conan Doyle. This man's wife was rumored to have transported a key to him via a kiss to avoid embarrassment for him and the Daily Mirror. This man was thrown into the East River in a crate and locked in a straitjacket as part of his public stunts. For the point, name this Hungarian-American escape artist. | Harry Houdini (or Erich Weisz) |
| The first woman executed by the government was sentenced for assisting this man, who conspired with Lewis Powell to accomplish his best-known action. This man had his leg fixed by Samuel Mudd, and his most famous act occurred during a performance of Our American Cousin. For the point, name this man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. | John Wilkes Booth |
| This man, who coined the term "New England," was taken to the Rappahannock tribe in order to determine if he was a Spaniard. This man told one settlement, "He that will not work, shall not eat," and his return to England led to the "Starving Time" after trade ceased with the Powhatan tribe. For the point, name this English explorer who led early Jamestown and was legendarily saved from drowning by Pocahontas. | John Smith |
| In one work by this artist, a racial slur is written onto a wall and the heads of four U.S. marshals are cropped off. This artist depicted Ruby Bridges in The Problem We All Live With, and he showed parents tucking their children into bed as the father holds a newspaper describing the blitz. Freedom of Speech is a work by, for the point, what artist who made classic Americana covers for the Saturday Evening Post? | Norman Rockwell |
| The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 provided compensation to those subjected to this policy, although it controversially did not give payments to those expelled from Peru. This policy was enacted by Executive Order 9066, and it was later held constitutional in the case Korematsu v. United States. For the point, name this World War Two policy that authorized detention of a certain Asian ethnic group. | Japanese Internment (accept clear-knowledge equivalents) |
| This man was depicted in cartoons wearing women's clothes after he was found wrapped in a cloak with a shawl over his head. This leader's failure to establish an export tax on cotton led to a hyperinflation crisis. This politician served as secretary of war under Franklin Pierce and as a senator from Mississippi. Unanimously elected to head a government initially based in Montgomery, Alabama, this is, for the point, what first and only president of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
| This event was organized by Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. A speech given at this event repeatedly called to “let freedom ring.” For the point, name this 1963 rally, during which Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (or Great March on Washington) |
| This man, who turned 100 one week ago today, published A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace 1812-1822. Le Duc Tho refused to accept the Nobel Peace Prize with this man for the Paris Peace Accords, and this man offered to return that prize after the Fall of Saigon. This man met with Zhou Enlai [[JOH EN-LYE]] to lay the groundwork for Richard Nixon’s visit to China. For the point, name this secretary of state who oversaw American withdrawal from Vietnam. | Henry Kissinger (or Henry Alfred Kissinger) |
| A combat boot redesigned for trench warfare is nicknamed for this leader, who angrily withdrew American companies assigned to Australian commanders during the Battle of Hamel. This general is often misattributed the quote, "Lafayette, we are here," spoken during a march through Paris. After George Washington, the highest-ever ranking man in the U.S. military, "General of the Armies," was given to, for the point, what commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War One? | John Pershing (or John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing) |
| To capture a leader of this country, the U.S. Army loudly played rock music during Operation Nifty Package. The U.S. invaded this country in 1989 as part of Operation Just Cause, and, after helping this country become independent from Colombia, the U.S. and this country signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty. The Carter-Torrijos Treaty was signed between the U.S. and, for the point, what Central American country bisected by a namesake canal? | Republic of Panama (or Republica de Panama) |
| After General Martín Perfecto de Cos fortified and reinforced this city, rebel troops under Stephen Austin laid siege to it in the Battle of Bexar [[“BAY-er”]]. This city was the site of a battle which included the deaths of James Bowie [[BOO-ee]] and Davy Crockett. For the point, name this Texas city that contains the Alamo. | San Antonio |
| Despite being hailed by William Trotter as “the second coming of Abraham Lincoln” and being endorsed by the NAACP, this person instituted Jim Crow in Washington, D.C. While in office, this man screened the pro-KKK film The Birth of a Nation at the White House. For the point, name this president who re-segregated the federal government prior to entering World War One. | Woodrow Wilson (or Thomas Woodrow Wilson) |
| This object names a modern Republican group that supports same-sex marriage. This type of object was evoked in a rallying cry that was used by William Henry Harrison in order to portray Martin Van Buren as someone who was out of touch with the American people. For the point, name this type of humble dwelling in which Abraham Lincoln was born. | Log Cabins (prompt on descriptive answers; accept Log Cabin Republicans; prompt on "Cabin" alone) |
| This city was evacuated after the Battle of Fort McAllister and it was built on land taken from the Yamacraw with the help of Mary Musgrove. James Oglethorpe founded this city, which served as its state’s capital until 1786. For the point, name this port city of Georgia that marked the endpoint of Sherman’s March to the Sea. | Savannah |
| This city’s first European inhabitants lived at Fort Nassau. This city hosted the first Colonial Congress at the start of the Seven Years War, and it names a plan by Benjamin Franklin to provide for defense against the Iroquois. That plan, which was named for this city, was depicted in a cartoon of a dismembered snake with the words “Join or Die.” For the point, name this capital city of New York. | Albany (accept Albany Plan; accept Albany Congress) |
| This state's governor, Ross Barnett, ordered police to "Break their spirits, not their bones" when speaking of the Freedom Riders. Workers for the Congress of Racial Equality died in this state at the hands of the KKK, inspiring a film titled for its Burning. Lynching investigations in this state led to the assassination of NAACP secretary Medgar Evers. For the point, identify this Southern U.S. state where James Meredith attended college in Oxford. | Mississippi (accept Mississippi Burning) |
| Gene Tunney practiced this sport, during which time he was on the receiving end of the “long count.” One man was suspended from this sport for three years after refusing to serve in the Vietnam War and commenting that the Viet Cong had never called him a certain racial slur. For the point, name this sport practiced by Muhammad Ali. | Boxing |
| Walter Reuther proposed the Model Cities Program to this man, which intended to provide urban aid as part of a broader effort that included the Food Stamp Act. The “War on Poverty” was waged by this president, who also launched the Great Society program. Escalation in Vietnam was associated with, for the point, what Texan president who succeeded John F. Kennedy? | Lyndon Baines Johnson (accept LBJ; prompt on “Johnson”) |
| While working in this city, Stubbins Ffirth sought to prove a certain disease was not contagious by ingesting the vomit of infected people. Wrongly believing Africans would be immune, this city’s Free African Society provided nurses during a tropical disease epidemic. Benjamin Rush described an outbreak in this city that suffered from a 1793 epidemic of yellow fever. For the point, name this city, a point of entry for tropical diseases in Pennsylvania. | Philadelphia |
| A printed piece championing this concept mentions excessively high rent and tells the reader to "grow up with the country." That quote from the New York Tribune supporting this concept was made by Horace Greeley. Manifest destiny championed the idea of, for the point, what type of "expansion" associated with California? | The West (accept "Go West, Young Man;" accept "A Plea for the West;" accept Westward Expansion; prompt on "The Frontier" and similar answers) |