| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| William Still helped facilitate this network as part of the Vigilant Association of Philadelphia. The Ohio River was referred to as the "Jordan River" (+) in this network, and "conductors" on this network included Quaker activists and (*) Harriet Tubman. For the points, name this network that helped guide runaway slaves to free states and Canada. | Underground Railroad |
| These people opposed the Todfall inheritance tax and demanded the return of forests as part of the Twelve Articles. Thomas Muntzer (+) led a movement of these people in Swabia, and these people were denounced as "murderous, thieving hordes" by (*) Martin Luther. For the points, name these lower-class laborers in Germany who rebelled in a 1525 war. | German Peasants (prompt on “German (s)” before “Germany”) |
| Vladimir Jabotinsky led the "revisionist" sect of this movement, which in Britain was led by Chaim Weizmann and Walter Rothschild. The Balfour Declaration (+) advanced this movement's goals, which were outlined in Der Judenstaat by its "father" (*) Theodore Herzl. For the points, name this movement that sought to establish a Jewish homeland in Israel. | Zionism (accept descriptive answers like attempting to find a homeland for Jewish people before “Jewish”) |
| The Puritans hung the Four Boston Martyrs for promoting this faith. James Nayler was a minister of this sect, (+) and George Fox founded this protestant sect those members refused to swear an oath to the (*) Constitution. For the points, name this peaceful, pacifist religious sect, the earliest settlers of William Penn’s Pennsylvania. | Quakers |
| Alexis de Tocqueville’s trip to America was originally inspired by a plan to tour these places, and “The New Jim Crow” (+) was written about people of color being disproportionately sent to these places. Georgia was established to resettle people who lived in these places (*) designed for debtors. For the points, name these places, exemplified by Sing Sing and Alcatraz. | Prisons |
| Nationalists from this location attempted to assassinate President Harry Truman. The Foraker, or Organic, Act (+) ended military rule over this location, and a program called Operation Bootstrap transformed the economy of this location. “Boricuas” refers to the (*) inhabitants of, for the points, what territory whose residents were granted U.S. citizenship by the Jones Act? | Puerto Rico |
| The first American group in this business was the Culper Ring. Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames (+) are serving life sentences for working in this position, while Mata Hari and the Rosenbergs were (*) executed. For the points, name this career that deals with counter-intelligence and eavesdropping. | Spying (accept Espionage) |
| During the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the sun is positioned to rise directly over this location’s central tower. This “City of Temples” (+) was constructed to be a state temple and mausoleum by Suryavaraman II in the capital of the Khmer Empire. Originally constructed as a (*) Hindu temple, this is, for the points, what now-Buddhist temple in Cambodia, the largest religious monument in the world? | Angkor Wat |
| During the "German Autumn," members of a group named for this color, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe, died suspiciously in prison. (+) A group named for an article of clothing with this color was made up of volunteers who supported Giuseppe Garibaldi on his campaigns. An "Army Faction" and (*) Italian "shirts" were named after, for the points, what primary color? | Red (accept Red Army Faction; accept Redshirts; accept Rote Armee Fraktion) |
| The Fourth of August Regime was declared by this country's leader Ioannis Metaxas. Eleftherios Venizelos (+) was elected eight times as prime minister of this country, which faced a 1917 "great fire" in (*) Thessalonica. For the points, name this country, which was led by several military dictators from Athens. | Greece (accept Hellenic Republic; accept Hellas) |
| Presidential Candidate Al Smith was president of the company that made this building and a blinded B-25 bomber caused a fire (+) in this building. This building was the first to ever have 100 floors, and it was the tallest building in the world until the completion of the (*) Twin Towers. For the points, name this enormous Art Deco skyscraper in New York City. | Empire State Building |
| A Richard Drew photograph taken during this event is titled The Falling Man. The Hamburg Cell (+) plotted this event with Mohamed Atta, which involved a trip through Boston's (*) Logan Airport. For the points, name this terrorist event in which hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. | 9/11 Attacks (or September 11th Attacks) |
| Two assassination attempts were made on Gerald Ford in this city and John Bigler moved his state’s capital to this city. The Central Pacific Railroad (+) used this city as a western terminus and William Warner designed this city that was founded as a response to the Sutter’s Mill (*) gold rush. For the points, name this capital city of California. | Sacramento |
| In 1941, Peru launched an invasion of El Oro in this country. The next year, this South American country ceded over 150,000 square kilometers of disputed land to (+) Peru following the signing of the Rio Protocol of 1942. (*) For the points, name this Latin American nation home to the city of Guayaquil, the Galápagos Islands, and its capital city of Quito. | Republic of Ecuador (or Republica del Ecuador) |
| The Darien Scheme was a failed attempt to create this structure. The Hay- Bunau-Varilla (+) Treaty allowed the U.S. to build this structure after its country declared independence from Colombia. Named after the country it was (*) built in, for the points, what 48-mile-long artificial Central American waterway divides North and South America? | Panama Canal |