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|---|---|
| Despite 21,000 soldiers being found guilty of this crime during World War Two, Eddie Slovik was the only one executed. Bowe Bergdahl was quickly captured by the Taliban (+) after potentially committing this crime in Iraq. Soldiers during the War of 1812 attempted to gain (*) enlistment bonuses by committing, for the points, what crime in which a soldier abandons the military while under contract? | Desertion (accept descriptive answers like abandoning the military before “for the points”) |
| In 1540, Captain García López de Cárdenas visited this place, which was the home of the Havasupai people. John Wesley (+) Powell led the first expedition through this place, but lost three men along its dangerous (*) rapids. President Theodore Roosevelt advocated for preservation of, for the points, name this landmark in Arizona through which the Colorado River flows. | Grand Canyon |
| These events, one of which prompted the signing of the Aldrich-Vreeland Act, was triggered by Levi Woodbury’s Specie Circular in 1837 (+) due to government refusal to accept non-gold or silver payment for public land. The first of these occurred in 1819, while one in 1907 led to the creation of the (*) Federal Reserve. For the points, name these acute economic crises. | Panics (accept Panic of 1837; accept Panic of 1819; prompt on any type of "Economic Crisis" or “Financial Crisis” before mentioned) |
| Benjamin Butler was one of the seven managers of this event. Edmund Ross was highlighted in Profiles in Courage for refusing (+) to be involved in this event, which was presaged by dismissing Edwin Stanton in violation of the (*) Tenure of Office Act. For the points, name this event in which an unpopular president was found by the House to have committed a high crime or misdemeanor. | Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (accept equivalents) |
| This man served as a senator from Rhode Island after a military career that included a successful campaign to capture Elizabeth City. During the Civil War, (+) this man commanded the Union's Ninth Corps after earlier commanding the Army of the (*) Potomac. For the points, name this man who suffered losses at the Battle of Fredericksburg and was noted for his distinctive facial hair. | Ambrose Everett Burnside |
| This figure, who used the slogan “unbought and unbossed” to title her autobiography, founded the Congressional Black Caucus. This lawmaker visited segregationist (+) George Wallace in the hospital in 1972 when they were both running for president. A representative from (*) New York from 1969 to 1983, this is, for the points, what politician who was the first Black woman elected to Congress? | Shirley Chisholm (or Shirley Anita Chisholm) |
| A proposed plan for conducting this procedure offered subjects $1,000 for every IQ point under 100. Buck v. Bell (+) upheld this practice, which was advocated for by eugenics supporters to limit "generations (*) of imbeciles." For the points, name this surgical procedure, historically performed without consent, that prevents people from having children. | Forced Sterilization (accept Compulsory Sterilization; accept word forms; prompt on "Eugenics") |
| The first person to hold this specific position was nicknamed "Cactus Jack.” Henry A. (+) Wallace served for four years in this specific position, and the last man to hold this specific position became the 33rd (*) President of the United States. For the points, identify this specific position that was held by John Nance Garner and Harry Truman under the longest-serving U.S. president. | Vice Presidents of Franklin Roosevelt (accept anything that mentions Franklin Roosevelt or FDR and Vice President; prompt on "Vice President") |
| This man published what is considered the first Native-American autobiography in the U.S., a book titled Embracing the Traditions (+) of His Nation. This warrior fought with the British in the War of 1812, in part to protect (*) Sauk territory. For the points, identify this chief who led the "British Band" in a namesake war, and today names a Chicago hockey team. | Black Hawk (accept Black Hawk’s War; or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak) |
| This work, whose sections include "Calamus" and "Sea-Drift," was revised and expanded in a "Death Bed Edition" that the author intended to be definitive. This work contains poems (+) such as "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," an elegy for Abraham Lincoln. "I Sing the (*) Body Electric" and "Song of Myself" are included in, for the points, what collection of poetry by Walt Whitman? | Leaves of Grass |
| A 1940 act named for a man with this surname required Americans who were not citizens to be fingerprinted. One man with this surname was nicknamed "the Happy Warrior (+) of the political battlefield", and another man with this surname led the (*) Jamestown Colony. For the points, give this surname of John, a confidant of Pocahontas. | Smith (accept Alfred Emmanuel "Al" Smith; accept John Smith; accept Smith Act) |
| This figure created the Vital Voices initiative to promote women in the politics of their home nation. This figure, who claimed to “hammer on the (+) glass ceiling,” won her first elected office as a senator from (*) New York in 2000. For the points, name this woman who served as first lady for most of the 1990s. | Hillary Clinton (or Hillary Dianne Rodham Clinton) |
| During this election year, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer was denied the Democratic nomination. It's not 1896, but Albert Lasker (+) helped one of the candidates with a "Front Porch Campaign" in this election year that called for a (*) "Return to Normalcy." For the points, name this post-World War One election year, a landslide victory for Warren Harding. | Election of 1920 |
| An author who spent time in one of these places on Blackwell's Island recalled their bathing rituals and abusive practices. The New York World published an undercover (+) investigation of these places by Nellie Bly, and the reform of these places was advocated by (*) Dorothea Dix. For the points, name these places, the subject of the book Ten Days in a Mad-House. | Mental Institutions (accept Mental Hospitals; accept Insane Asylums; accept Lunatic Asylums; prompt on "Hospitals") |
| The prophet Tenskwatawa [["TIN"-skwah-TAW-wuh]] took responsibility for creating one of these events when asked to prove his abilities by William Henry Harrison. To justify a revolt, Nat (+) Turner interpreted one of these natural events as a sign from god. Benjamin Banneker’s (*) calculations predicted, for the points, name these events in which the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. | Solar Eclipse (prompt on "Eclipse") |
| The formation of this political party was largely the result of a merger between factions such as the Barnburner Democrats and Conscience Whigs. This political party nominated John (+) Hale and Martin van Buren for president, and this party strongly opposed the (*) Compromise of 1850. For the points, name this party named for its opposition to slavery in new lands. | Free Soil Party |
| This man's vice president was forced to take the oath of office in Havana due to illness and died only a month later. Jefferson Davis served as this president's Secretary of War, (+) and this man's Secretary of State advised ministers to draft the Ostend Manifesto. The (*) Kansas-Nebraska Act was signed by, for the points, what 14th president of the United States, the only one from New Hampshire? | Franklin Pierce |
| This amendment was notably opposed by John Drayton. This amendment was ratified in response to the 1796 (+) election, which resulted in Thomas Jefferson taking a position in service to (*) his rival, John Adams. For the points, identify this constitutional amendment that was ratified in 1804 as a call for separate votes for the president and vice- president. | 12th Amendment |
| The central figure of this event supposedly “killed the male hat industry” by not wearing one. Robert Frost read (+) “The Gift Outright” during this event, in which the central figure delivered the line “ask not what your country can do for you – (*) ask what you can do for your country.” For the points, name this event in which a Massachusetts senator was sworn in as president in 1961. | The Presidential Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (accept JFK in place of Kennedy) |
| This composer, who created an operatic telling of Booker T. Washington's White House, wrote an opera about a Texarkana (+) slave woman named Treemonisha. This composer did his best-known work in a genre that includes compositions partially titled "Searchlight" and (*) "Maple Leaf." "The Entertainer" was composed by, for the points, what ragtime composer? | Scott Joplin |
| A man who held this position once demanded that all arcade games display the message "Winners Don't Use Drugs." The COINTELPRO (+) program was created by a man with this title who encouraged surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. and others suspected of (*) communist ties. For the points, what position held by people such as Christopher Wray and J. Edgar Hoover? | Director of the FBI (accept Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
| This man defeated forces under Mariano Arista at the Battle of Palo Alto. This president died of a stomach (+) illness just sixteen months into his administration, after which he was succeeded by his running mate, (*) Millard Fillmore. For the points, identify this “Old Rough and Ready" president who distinguished himself as a general during the Mexican-American War. | Zachary Taylor |
| William Eaton was outraged during the first of these conflicts at the $60,000 spent to free American POWs. The second of these conflicts only lasted (+) three days and ensured that western powers could trade freely around the (*) Mediterranean. For the points, name these conflicts that pitted the United States and Sweden against pirates off the coast of modern Libya. | Barbary Wars |
| This actor, the most nominated male actor in Academy Award history, portrayed the title leader of the teamsters (+) union in the film Hoffa. This actor played Frank Costello in The Departed, and he played the (*) Joker in Tim Burton's first Batman film. For the points, identify this actor who starred in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining. | Jack Nicholson (or John Joseph Nicholson) |
| Gerard Baker issued a controversial memo to this publication that informed employees not to use the phrase “seven majority-Muslim countries” during the 2017 Muslim Ban. Rupert (+) Murdoch currently owns this newspaper, which is published by (*) Dow Jones & Company. For the points, name this newspaper that is partially named for the biggest financial hub in Manhattan. | The Wall Street Journal (accept WSJ) |
| Asa Philip Randolph founded the activist newspaper The Messenger in this neighborhood. Langston (+) Hughes wrote about white people storming this neighborhood’s businesses such as The Cotton Club during (*) Prohibition. For the points, name this New York City neighborhood where Black art flourished during a namesake “Renaissance.” | Harlem (accept Harlem Renaissance) |
| At Curtiss Field, this person founded and served as president of the Ninety- Nines. With Fred (+) Noonan, this person piloted a Lockheed Model 10-E Electra and disappeared near (*) Howland Island. For the points, name this aviator, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. | Amelia Earhart (or Amelia Mary (Earhart) |
| One of this expedition’s leaders died a mysterious death at an inn along Natchez Trace. A person whose name translates from Hidatsa (+) as “Bird Woman” aided this expedition, whose departure point is commemorated by the (*) Gateway Arch. For the points, name this expedition ordered by Thomas Jefferson to explore the American West. | The Lewis and Clark Expedition (accept The Corps of Discovery) |