| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| William Still helped facilitate this network as part of the Vigilant Association of Philadelphia, and the city of Windsor contains a monument to this network. The Ohio River was referred to as the (+) "Jordan River" in this network, where a song called Follow the Drinking Gourd was allegedly used, 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. Many of these people were killed at the Battle of Frankenhausen. (+) 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”) |
| As an alternative to this movement's main proposal, Joseph Chamberlain posited the Uganda Proposal. 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 who was arrested for imitating Christ’s entry into Jerusalem. (+) 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. “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. | Prison |
| The word “Boricuas” refers to inhabitants of this location or their descendants. The Foraker, or Organic, Act ended military rule over this location. (+) Nationalists from this location attempted to assassinate President Harry Truman. A program called Operation Bootstrap transformed the economy of this location. (*) For the points, name this territory whose residents were granted U.S. citizenship by the Jones Act. | Puerto Rico |
| Examples of lingo from this profession include “dangle”, “M.I.C.E.”, and “dead drop”. 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. Rudyard Kipling revealed much about this profession in his novel Kim, and fictional characters with this job include Carmen Cortez and Sterling Archer. (*) For the points, what career 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, and this complex appears on the national flag of the country where it is located. (+) 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, for the points, what now-Buddhist temple in Cambodia is 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 terrorist group named for "Brigades" of this color kidnapped Aldo Moro during the Years of Lead. (+) 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, Red Brigades, or Redshirts; accept Rote Armee Fraktion; accept Brigate Rossi) |
| In this country's civil war, the resistance groups EDES and EKKA clashed against each other. Queen Amalia of Oldenburg married this nation's first modern king, Otto I. 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. A commission regarding this event named Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as its principal architect. (+) 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 the mineral-rich region 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. (+) This 48-mile-long structure included three locks to help boats cross between the Atlantic and Pacific. Named after the country it was built in, (*) for the points, what artificial Central American waterway divides North and South America? | Panama Canal |