| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This person’s Congressional speech “Constitution-Peace-Reunion” attacked the Republican Party and the policy of abolition, but after the Civil War, this man became a proponent of the Democratic New Departure policy. During the defense of a client on trial for murder, this person (+) died from an accidental shot to the stomach while demonstrating that such an accident was plausible. Running for governor of Ohio from exile (*) in Canada, for the points, who was this man, a Copperhead who was exiled to the Confederate states? | Clement Vallandigham (or Clement Laird Vallandigham) |
| This man's senior thesis on Hemingway was purportedly so long that the Princeton English department set a limit on the length of future theses. This man’s wife, herself a historian of medieval France named Ina, has been his primary research assistant, including for his 1990 book Means of Ascent. (+) This man wrote about the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the work of a Senate Majority Leader in a work entitled Master of the Senate. The author of a work examining the life of Robert Moses (*) titled The Power Broker, and the preeminent biographer of Lyndon Johnson, for the points, who is this American historian? | Robert Caro (or Robert Allan Caro) |
| The plaintiff in this case was a colleague of Elias Boudinot [[BOO-dee-noh]], who worked as a missionary and as publisher of the Phoenix newspaper. The law which was appealed in this case required a state license for white people to enter Cherokee lands. Horace (+) Greeley later wrote that this case inspired Andrew Jackson to say, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him (*) enforce it." For the points, name this 1832 Supreme Court case, which prohibited state governments from making legislation about Indian territories. | Worcester v. Georgia (or Samuel S. Worcester v. State of Georgia) |
| At this place, mugging victim "Limber Jim" personally hanged a “raider” named William Collins. The New-York Tribune published Dorence Atwater's register of this location, and MacKinlay Kantor won a Pulitzer Prize for a novel named for this (+) facility, where people could be shot if they touched the "dead line." Officially called Camp Sumter, this place was commanded by a Swiss-born man who was (*) executed for war crimes following the Civil War. Henry Wirz [[VEERTZ]] oversaw, for the points, what Confederate military prison in Georgia? | Andersonville (accept Camp Sumter before mentioned) |
| In 1967, this man succeeded Harold Thomas Sedgwick as a member of his state's Senate. Less than 5,000 votes separated this man and John Barbagelata in a 1975 election that led to this man obtaining his highest post. After members of the People's Temple fled (+) to Guyana, this man refused to investigate. After a conversation with Willie Brown, this "people's mayor" got into an argument with Dan White (*) over this man's refusal to nominate White to the Board of Supervisors. For the points, name this San Francisco mayor who was assassinated on the same day as Harvey Milk. | George Moscone (or George Richard Moscone) |
| The director of this movie, David O. Russell, told the son of a president, "I'm editing a film that will question your father's legacy," to which that man, George W. Bush, replied, "Then I guess I'm going to have to finish the job." The winner of the Political Film Society's Award for Peace (+) in 1999, the wife of Amir Abdullah is executed by members of the Revolutionary Guard in this film in which Major Archie Gates is a participant in a hunt for gold (*) stolen from Kuwait. For the points, name this film, set during the Persian Gulf War starring Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and George Clooney. | Three Kings |
| Peter Paret [[pah-REH]] argued that this man's primary arguments did not account for the initial rise of the Russian Empire. This man commanded the USS Wachusett in Peru to protect U.S. interests during the War of the Pacific. This man's writings inspired Kaiser (+) Wilhelm the Second to commission the High Seas Fleet. One of the most important strategists of the 19th (*) century, for the points, who was this historian and naval officer, the author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History? | Alfred Thayer Mahan [[muh-HAN]] (be lenient on pronunciation) |
| This person was expelled from South Carolina College for threatening local police and was later injured in a duel with Louis T. Wigfall. Laurence Keitt brandished a weapon to prevent anyone from stopping this person from brutally assaulting one victim. This person defended (+) that attack as retribution for an insult to his kinsman, Andrew Butler. Although not expelled from Congress, this person retired willingly, and was immediately re-elected. Inspired to violence by a speech (*) titled "The Crime Against Kansas," for the points, who was this congressman from South Carolina who caned Senator Charles Sumner? | Preston Brooks (or Preston Smith Brooks) |
| The origin of this diplomatic pact can be traced to the Tawagonshi Agreement. The English initiator of this pact governed a supercolony until a rebellion drove him from power. The name of this pact references a metaphorical line connecting an English ship to a Haudenosaunee (+) Tree of Peace. The Albany Congress was called in part to reconfirm this pact after Chief Hendrik had declared it broken. Tying English colonists to the (*) Iroquois until the American Revolution, for the points, what was this series of treaties and alliances? | The Covenant Chain |
| While serving at Bruton Parish Church, W. A. R. Goodwin began the efforts that resulted in the creation of this location. The Grand Illumination is an annual ceremony that takes place at this location, which was first endowed by the Rockefeller (+) family. This location contains the Getty Foundry and forms part of a so-called Historic Triangle. At this location, the owner of the domain name (*) history.org, visitors can dine at the King’s Arms Tavern, which originally opened in 1772. For the points, name this portion of a Virginia city, inspired by life in an earlier period of American history. | Colonial Williamsburg (prompt on "Williamsburg") |
| This man was shipwrecked in Bermuda while captaining the Sea Venture and lost an arm while trying to capture a Spanish galleon in the Caribbean. This man led the First and Second Supply missions and was hired to captain one ship by the Virginia Company (+) of London to carry 71 passengers, including John Smith. The captain of the Susan Constant, who today names a university and, possibly, a city in the Hampton (*) Roads region of Virginia, for the points, who was this English explorer and navigator? | Christopher Newport (accept Christopher Newport University; accept Newport News) |
| After graduating from Swarthmore College, this person moved to England to work at the Quaker Woodbrooke Settlement. An encounter with Christabel Pankhurst inspired this person to adopt a militant approach to (+) equal rights. Arrested in both England and the United States, this person endured dozens of bouts of forced feedings. This person organized the (*) Silent Sentinels to protest outside the White House. For the points, name this person, one of the co-authors of the original Equal Rights Amendment. | Alice Stokes Paul |
| This man was hired by "Citizen Genêt" [[zheh-NEH]] to oversee an abortive French military expedition against Spanish strongholds in the Louisiana territory but was ordered to desist by George Washington, who threatened to send Anthony Wayne to stop him. (+) This man led a partially French-Canadian force to victory over Henry Hamilton at Fort Vincennes while overseeing the Illinois Campaign during the Revolutionary War. Called the "Conqueror of the Old (*) Northwest," for the points, who was the older brother of a Corps of Discovery member? | George Rogers Clark (prompt on "Clark") |
| James Carleton found the human remains from this incident, for which men such as John Lee were tried only 18 years after the fact. This incident may have been a reprisal against Arkansas natives for the death of Parley Pratt during a dispute over "celestial marriage." The disguised (+) "Nauvoo Legion" perpetrated this incident on the Baker-Fancher (*) emigrant party. For the points, name this September 1857 event in which a Paiute [[PYE-oot]] and Mormon alliance killed settlers passing through Utah. | Mountain Meadows Massacre |
| At a convention, this man denounced one president's attempts to reduce corruption as "snivel service reform." This "bodyguard" of Thaddeus Stevens is the most recent person to refuse to serve on the Supreme Court after having been confirmed by the Senate. (+) Despite being the brother-in-law of Horatio Seymour, this man campaigned for and was a staunch ally of Ulysses Grant. A Gilded Age leader of the (*) Stalwart faction of the Republican Party in the 1870s, for the points, who was this senator from New York? | Roscoe Conkling |
| A Black church spiritual memorializing reaction to this event was recorded by the mysterious performer "Sin-Killer" Griffin. Isaac Cline's insistence that this event would be insignificant greatly contributed to its death toll and is the subject of a 2000 book by Erik Larson. (+) Reliance on vice to rebuild the local economy after this event led to the so-called "Open Era" in the city in which it took place. Up to 8000 people died in this event, making it the deadliest (*) natural disaster in American history. For the points, identify this storm which devastated a Texas coastal city in September 1900. | Great Galveston hurricane (accept Flood in place of Hurricane; prompt on "Galveston storm" or "1900 storm"; prompt on partial answers) |
| After a man threatens to blow up a library in this novel, a resolution negotiated by Booker T. Washington is not honored. In this novel, the silhouettist Tateh is briefly supported financially by Evelyn Nesbit. The inciting incident of this novel is racist fireman Will Conklin's (+) vandalism of a Model T, which causes Coalhouse Walker to launch a violent campaign of revenge. (*) For the points, what E.L. Doctorow novel about early 20th century New York City is named for a style of piano music popularized by Scott Joplin? | Ragtime |
| Genora Johnson Dollinger and John Travis were two of the principal planners of this event, after which Organized Recreation and Sanitation departments were formed. The “Kangaroo Court” enforced guidelines during this event in which bottles were thrown at police during the Battle of (+) Running Bulls. Frank Murphy acted as a go-between during this event's negotiations involving John Lewis. A five percent pay increase was secured during this event which led to the coalescing of the UAW (*) into a single union. For the points, name this strike in a Michigan automobile plant. | Flint sit-down strike (accept Great General Motors sit-down strike or Great GM sit-down strike; prompt on partial answers) |
| This figure became wealthy when gold was found on his estate, Rancho Las Mariposas, which he moved to after a court martialing, but he died nearly penniless after investing in the Pacific Railroad. This figure dropped out of a certain presidential race when the president sacked his old rival Montgomery Blair from his cabinet. This figure led the massacre of native people (+) near Sacramento while helping with the Bear Flag (*) Revolt, and served as one of the first two Senators from California. For the points, name this figure known as “The Pathfinder” for his exploring prowess, the first Republican candidate for President in 1856. | John C. Fremont |
| This man was appointed the first UN global ambassador for world hunger by the World Food Program in 2001. In 1977, this man, then a South Dakota senator, had a namesake report that suggested considerable changes to the dietary guidelines for Americans. This Democrat’s first (+) vice presidential candidate, Thomas Eagleton, was forced to resign, when reports of his (*) hospitalizations for depression were made public. For the points, name this Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 election. | George McGovern (or George Stanley McGovern) |
| A museum dedicated to this man is in former the cotton gin building he worked at as a teenager in Indianola, Mississippi. This man won a Grammy for his 1970 cover of "The Thrill is Gone" and recorded "When Love Comes to Town" with U2. This man almost died trying to retrieve his Gibson (+) guitar from a fire that was started by two other men argument over a woman named (*) "Lucille," a name he gave to all his subsequent guitars. For the points, name this musician and blues singer who got his nickname from working on Beale Street, "Blues Boy." | B.B. King (or Riley B. King; accept "Blues Boy" before read) |
| This political party had its origins in the Independent Party in Indiana, and at its platform at its first national convention in 1876 focused on repeal of the Specie Resumption Act. This party fielded candidates in three presidential elections, with candidates for president including Benjamin Franklin Butler (+) and James B. Weaver. This party's first presidential candidate was an engineer, known for creating the first U.S. steam locomotive, Peter Cooper. With a name referring to a (*) currency not backed by gold and used in the North during the Civil War, for the points, what was this party? | Greenback Party (or Greenback Labor Party; prompt on "National Independent Party") |
| This politician was criticized in 2017 for insisting that a certain case was very simple, prompting Justice Alito to claim that whoever wrote a certain statute “takes pleasure tearing the wings off flies." Justice Sotomayor opted to Skype in to Supreme Court hearings when this justice, (+) who normally sits beside her, refused to wear a mask. This justice clerked under both Byron White and Anthony Kennedy, and this man was appointed after the Senate refused (*) a hearing for Merrick Garland. For the points, name this first Trump appointee to the Supreme Court. | Neil Gorsuch (or Neil McGill Gorsuch) |
| In this decade, Rodger McFarlane ran a support line, originally out of his home, and Larry Kramer founded the GMHC. ACT UP [[ACT-UP]] first protested positions of the Catholic Church during this decade. (+) Ryan White was barred from school during this decade, during which Anthony Fauci was criticized for advocating the nucleoside analogue drug AZT. (*) For the points, name this decade in which a newly identified disease caused a sudden spike in deaths among affected populations, which were disproportionately gay men, in a period known as the AIDS crisis. | 1980s |
| This person taught Greek and served as the president of Harvard, from which he had graduated as valedictorian when he was seventeen in 1811. Speeches such as the 1856 “Oration on the Character of Washington,” allowed this man to play a central role in the preservation of (+) Mount Vernon. This person replaced Daniel Webster as Millard Fillmore’s secretary of state but is perhaps best-known today for a two-hour speech in which he compared one battle to the Battle of Marathon. (*) For the points, name this person, whose oration preceded, and was eclipsed by, the Gettysburg Address. | Edward Everett |
| Twenty-three men serving on this vessel were court-martialed for their role in smuggling the prostitute Madeline Blair aboard it. This vessel was modernized in 1929, fifteen years after it first launched. Part of the James Cagney movie Here Comes the Navy was filmed on this vessel, which has continuously leaked oil for over (+) 80 years. Rear Admiral Isaac C. Bridge died on this vessel and half of the Americans killed in the attack on (*) Pearl Harbor were serving on this vessel. For the points, name this vessel, which today is an underwater tomb and memorial. | USS Arizona |
| In a concurrence, this man held that the “clear and present danger test” was not applicable in Dennis v. United States. William Rehnquist clerked for this justice, who, when describing the Supreme Court, said, "We are infallible only because we are final." This man’s drafting of the (+) London Charter provided him with experience that helped him in a role to which he was appointed by Harry Truman. Responsible for a number of defendants being sentenced to terms in Spandau [[SPAHN-dow]], (*) for the points, who was this Supreme Court Justice who oversaw the Nuremberg trials? | Robert H (oughwout) Jackson |
| This song was originally released as a B-side to "Down on the Corner." In a 2015 memoir, John Fogerty said he was thinking about Julie Nixon dating David Eisenhower while he was writing this song after being drafted. This song's second verse states, "Some folks are born silver (+) spoon in hand / Lord, don't they help themselves," and this song's refrain repeatedly states, "It ain't me." Frequently used in cultural depictions of the (*) Vietnam War, for the points, what is this 1969 protest song by Creedence Clearwater Revival? | "Fortunate Son" |
| In 1991, this jurist declared that the Second Amendment was about “the people’s right to bear arms in a militia…[not the] right to have Teflon-coated bullets.” In 2002, this American politician’s name was defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb meaning, “to defame or vilify (a person) systematically…with the aim of (*) preventing his or her appointment to public office.” Briefly serving as Nixon's acting Attorney General, (+) for the points, name this appellate judge and Reagan nominee to the US Supreme Court who fired Watergate special investigator Archibald Cox. | Robert Bork (or Robert Heron Bork) |
| This person rose to prominence after the publication of the 1964 book A Choice Not an Echo in opposition to Nelson Rockefeller. In 1972, this person founded the socially conservative interest group Eagle Forum. As a movement conservative, this person supported Barry Goldwater but lost to Gladys (+) O'Donnell in a 1967 bid for the presidency of the National Federation of Republican Women. Often credited with derailing the (*) ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, for the points, who is this anti-feminist? | Phyllis Schlafly or (Phyllis Stewart Schlafly; or Phyllis McAlpin Stewart) |
| Though born in New Hampshire, this man served as governor of the Michigan Territory from 1813 to 1831, following his Army service as brigadier general during the War of 1812. This secretary of war under Andrew Jackson from 1831 to 1836 was responsible for enacting the (+) Indian Removal policies of the administration, and this man's support of popular sovereignty split his party in 1848. The loser to Zachary Taylor (*) in the presidential election of that year, for the points, who was this Democratic secretary of state under James Buchanan? | Lewis Cass |
| 768 people were arrested for crossing the Brooklyn Bridge during the apex of this movement, prompting Mitt Romney to say that “bad actors” needed to be “...plucked out.” This movement was headquartered in (+) Zuccotti Park, and the Fearless Girl statue was created during this (*) 2011 movement that led Time Magazine to pick “The Protester” as its person of the year. For the points, name this movement that opposed inequality in New York’s financial services district. | Occupy Wall Street (prompt on partial answers) |
| A meeting at the house of William Brinton resulted in an artillery deployment during this battle, which was fought in present-day Delaware County. Wilhelm von Knyphausen's attack on Chadds Ford dealt a heavy blow to the left wing of the losing side of this battle, (+) and the efforts of Casimir Pulaski and Nathanael Greene allowed for the Continental Army to escape at this battle. William Howe (*) won, for the points, what battle, which was preceded by a similar engagement at Germantown, Pennsylvania? | Battle of Brandywine Creek |
| William Preston asked the author of this work to prepare it on behalf of an assembly. This work claims that a certain power is “converted into an instrument of rearing up the industry of one” group. This work argues that members of that group “are the serfs of the system, (+) out of whose labor is raised. . .the rich rewards of the manufacturer.” Citing “a striking distinction between Government and Sovereignty” and written in response to an 1828 (*) tariff, for the points, what is this exposition, written by John C. Calhoun? | South Carolina Exposition and Protest (prompt on “Calhoun’s Exposition” before mentioned; prompt on partial answers) |
| A leader of this tribe, named Hook Nose, wore a war-bonnet which he believed would protect him as long as he refrained from practices such as shaking hands. Often referred to as the “Marsh People," this tribe was the subject of a film titled The Last of the Dogmen. (+) The killing of a leader of this tribe, who was carrying a peace medal given to him by Abraham Lincoln, set the stage for an attack carried out by John Chivington. The Arapaho were allied (*) with, for the points, what Great Plains tribe which suffered the Sand Creek Massacre, the namesake of a Western state capital? | Cheyenne (accept Suhtai; accept Sutaio; accept Notameohm\’esehese; prompt on “Marsh People” before mentioned) |
| One speech by this man notes how "the stump-dotted clearings expand into vast stretches of fertile farm land" after claiming that "the pioneer days pass." That speech by this man was delivered at the Sorbonne and says it is "not the critic who counts; (+) not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles" before noting "credit belongs to [the title character] whose face is (*) marred by dust and sweat and blood." For the points, identify this man who delivered a speech about "The Man in the Arena" and who served as the 26th US president. | Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr. (prompt on "TR" or "Roosevelt") |
| Englishman Nicholas Hubbard participated in this diplomatic event and is sometimes included in an elongated name for it. Jean-Conrad Hottinguer, Pierre Bellamy, and (+) Lucien Hauteval were the main eponymous figures in this event. To counteract claims that the executive branch was overstating the nature of this event, a report of it was issued to Congress with the aforementioned participants’ names redacted. (*) For the points, name this event, which inspired Charles Pinckney to insist, “No, no, not a sixpence.” | XYZ Affair (accept WXYZ Affair) |
| One of these places was gifted to Countess Gladys Szechenyi [[zeh-CHEN-yee]] following the death of a man nicknamed "Corneil." The first forestry education program in the world was created at the gardens of one of these places in the Blue Ridge Mountains. (+) Most of these places along Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, some of which were designed by Richard Morris Hunt, were destroyed following the Gilded Age. The (*) Vanderbilts owned, for the points, what kind of buildings, which include The Breakers and the Biltmore Estate? | Mansions (accept equivalents such as Manors, Castles, or Estate before mentioned; prompt on "Home (s)", "House (s)" or equivalents) |