| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Two candidates for this position were supported by factions called the "Minstrels" and "Brindletails.” While holding this position, Orval Faubus (+) tried to stop nine Black children from enrolling in Central High, an action countered by Dwight Eisenhower and the 101st (*) Airborne Division. For the points, name this position once held by Bill Clinton, who led a state governed from Little Rock. | Governor of Arkansas (accept Governor of AR) |
| Mary Elizabeth Lease helped spark a revolt of people in this profession against high interest rates in Kansas. The Populist (+) Party developed from a lobby of people in this profession called the (*) Grange Movement. For the points, name this profession targeted by the Agricultural Adjustment Act. | Farmers (accept Farming; accept Agriculture) |
| Charles Sumner was convinced to support this cause by the expeditions of William Healey Dall. Eduard de Stoeckl (+) negotiated this cause, which was mostly unsuccessful until gold was discovered in (*) Klondike. For the points, identify this cause, also known as "Seward's Folly," that involved a major land deal between Russia and the U.S. | Purchase of Alaska (accept Buying Alaska; accept Seward's Folly before mentioned) |
| This magazine came under fire for altering OJ Simpson’s mug shot to make him look darker. This magazine was founded by Henry Luce, (+) and this magazine was once published with Life Magazine. A (*) red border is seen on every cover of, For the points, what magazine that named Charles Lindbergh its first Person of the Year. | Time Magazine |
| A figure from this country nicknamed "Little Pale Star" defended its existence in the "Cornerstone (+) Speech." This country that met with the U.S. at the Hampton Roads Conference had only one vice (*) president in its history. For the points, identify this short-lived country led by its only president, Jefferson Davis. | Confederate States of America (accept CSA; accept the Confederacy) |
| Lewis Fielding, the psychoanalyst of the man who assembled these documents, had his office burglarized. John Mitchell (+) attempted to document the man who assembled these documents, which were leaked to the New York Times (*) in 1971. Robert McNamara commissioned, for the points, what documents that detailed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War? | Pentagon Papers |
| An 1871 fire that began at one of these places led to the loss of over 2,000 lives around Peshtigo. Secretary of the Interior (+) Richard Ballinger clashed with the head of an agency that oversees these places, (*) Gifford Pinchot. For the points, name these natural features overseen by the USFS, whose fire dangers were taught to children by Smokey the Bear? | Forests (accept Tongass National Forest; accept Pisgah National Forest; accept United States Forestry Service; accept Forest Fires) |
| One writer of this legislation co-founded a socialist magazine called The Liberator with her brother, Max. Phyllis Schlafly (+) was a major opponent of this legislation, which was only ratified by only 35 states. Crystal Eastman (*) and Alice Paul wrote, for the points, what unratified constitutional amendment that would have banned discrimination based on gender? | Equal Rights Amendment (accept ERA) |
| This man's presidency was dominated by Charles R. Forbes and Harry Daugherty, two members of the Ohio Gang. (+) This president, who had an affair with Nan Britton, was disgraced by the (*) Teapot Dome Scandal. For the points, identify this 29th president who was succeeded by Calvin Coolidge. | Warren Gamaliel Harding |
| Ralph Anspach made an "Anti-" version of this product, which led to a trademark infringement lawsuit. Compasses and real (+) money were included in a version of this product to help World War Two prisoners escape. Created to explain the (*) single-tax theory of Henry George, this is, for the points, what Parker Brothers game in which players buy and trade property? | Monopoly |
| Mary Dyer, who became part of this group, was one of four people executed as part of the Boston Martyrs. This group, which was founded by George Fox, (+) promoted pacifism and included a man who would later found (*) Pennsylvania. For the points, name this religious group named for their trembling before God. | Quakers (accept Religious Society of Friends) |
| The winner of this election year muttered "There you go again" during a debate. That man asked listeners "Are you better off (+) than you were four years ago?" during this election year, in which its major topics included the (*) Iran Hostage Crisis. For the points, name this election year in which Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter. | Election of 1980 |
| This politician was elected as governor of his state after promising to crush the Barnwell Ring. This politician spoke for more than (+) 24 hours in the longest filibuster in Senate history to oppose the (*) Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the points, name this long- time senator from South Carolina who served from 1954 to 2003. | Strom Thurmond (or James Strom Thurmond Sr.) |
| One holder of this position ordered a mob to destroy Frank Costello’s slot machines with a sledgehammer. One holder of this position lost re-election (+) due to the Crown Heights Riot, and one holder of this position received regular advice from (*) Robert Moses. For the points, name this position once held by Fiorello La Guardia and Rudy Giuliani? | Mayor of New York City (accept Mayor of NYC) |
| This text was prepared with help from a study group called The Inquiry. This text's support for a (+) new international body was criticized by Henry Cabot Lodge, preventing its passing by Congress. Woodrow Wilson's (*) Fourteen Points were intended to shape, for the points, what treaty that ended World War One? | Treaty of Versailles (accept Traité de Versailles; accept Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany) |
| A brawl known as "Bloody Monday" took place after this man was given 19 impeachment charges, and this man promoted the “Share Our Wealth” (+) program with the slogan “Every Man a King.” This politician was the first sitting U.S. senator to be (*) assassinated after being shot by Carl Weiss in 1935. For the points, name this “Kingfisher” politician from Louisiana. | Huey Long (or Huey Pierce Long Jr.; prompt on “Kingfish” before “Kingfisher” is mentioned) |
| This event was suppressed by Light-Horse Harry Lee's Watermelon Army, (+) during which Governor Robert Mifflin refused to bring in state militia. A financial measure implemented by Alexander Hamilton sparked this revolt, which was led by (*) Western Pennsylvania farmers. For the points, name this rebellion over a tax on a type of alcohol. | Whiskey Rebellion (accept synonyms such as "Insurrection" or "Revolt") |
| One theory claims this event was caused by consuming rye bread infected with the hallucinogenic fungi. William Stoughton allowed the use of (+) "Spectral Evidence" in this event that led to the death of figures like Giles Corey and (*) Rebecca Nurse. For the points, name this series of Massachusetts trials in 1692 that targeted citizens accused of using demonic magic. | Salem Witch Trials (accept anything that mentions Salem and Witchcraft; prompt on partial answers) |
| Immigration from this country to the U.S. was limited via the 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement. (+) Matthew C. Perry worked to open this Asian country's ports of (*) Shimoda and Hakodate [[hah-koh-DAH-the]]. For the points, name this country that established relations with the U.S. under the Tokugawa Shoguns. | Japan (or Nippon-koku; or Nihon-koku) |
| Following the Sack of Lawrence, this man killed five pro-slavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek during Bleeding Kansas. Marines under Robert E. (+) Lee captured this man in an armory before he could lead a (*) slave revolt. For the points, name this abolitionist who led a failed raid on Harpers Ferry. | John Brown |
| A senator from this state who wrote the National School Lunch Act also names the oldest Senate office (+) building. This state was the home of the only man to serve as vice president of the Confederacy. Richard Russell and (*) Alexander Stephens hailed from, for the points, what state where Jimmy Carter once governed from Atlanta? | Georgia (accept GA) |
| People crossed through the Alaskan port of Skagway to reach one of these events in the Yukon region (+) of Klondike. Levi Strauss sold blue jeans during one of these events that was sparked by a discovery at (*) Sutter's Mill. For the points, name these events in which forty-niners and prospectors searched for a precious metal. | Gold Rushes (accept Yukon or California Gold Rush) |
| This man founded the Black Maria, a motion picture studio located in West Orange. This man used the kinetoscope (+) to shoot many early films, including one of Fred Ott sneezing. Nicknamed the (*) "Wizard of Menlo Park," this is, for the points, what man who invented the phonograph and the first mass-market incandescent light bulb? | Thomas Edison (or Thomas Alva Edison) |
| This novel begins with quotations from Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan and Obed Macy’s (+) History of Nantucket. This novel’s narrator invites readers to call him by the name of Abraham’s first son, (*) Ishmael. For the points, name this Herman Melville novel about the Pequod, subtitled The Whale. | Moby-Dick; or, The Whale |
| Two men with this surname worked with printing presses at their Dayton cycle shop. Those two men with this surname made the first controlled (+) heavier-than-air aircraft in 1903, which was called their namesake (*) "Flyer." For the points, give this surname of the brothers who tested the first successful airplane at Kitty Hawk. | Wright (accept Orville and Wilbur Wright) |
| This case relied heavily on an experiment with dolls conducted by Kenneth Clark. (+) Nothing happened with this case until a 1955 follow-up, in which this case was supposed to be enforced with (*) “all deliberate speed.” For the points, name this Supreme Court case that found segregation unconstitutional, requiring Topeka schools to accept Black students. | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
| This city was founded by a man who gave the "Model of Christian Charity" sermon, John Wintrop. (+) After an event at the Old South Meeting House in this city, men dressed as (*) Mohawk natives boarded the Eleanor. For the points, name this site of a 1770 massacre and 1773 Tea Party. | Boston |
| This organization's first major leader was Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Civil Rights Act of 1871 (+) was also named for this group who committed the Greensboro massacre against the Communist Workers’ Party. Sued for (*) lynching Michael Donald, this is, for the points, what white supremacist group that burns crosses and wears hooded robes? | Klu Klux Klan (or KKK) |