| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This case overturned Pace v. Alabama, and the concurring opinion was written by Potter Stewart. This Supreme Court case found the Racial Integrity Act to be a violation of the Due Process clause. For the point, name this 1967 Supreme Court case in which Earl Warren ruled that states cannot prevent interracial marriage. | Loving v. Virginia (or Richard Perry Loving, Mildred Jeter Loving v. Virginia) |
| This school was named after Lord William Legge. Daniel Webster successfully argued that this school’s state couldn’t dissolve its charter and that the governor couldn’t appoint trustees to its board in a Supreme Court case whose named defendant was William H. Woodward. For the point, name this Ivy League school located in New Hampshire. | Dartmouth College (accept Dartmouth v. Woodward) |
| A war that took place in this state and a northern neighbor featured a man named Captain Jack who fled to nearby lava beds. The Modoc War started in the northeast of this state, which was home to the Chumash people. Gavin Newsom apologized for "a genocide" against natives in, for the point, what West Coast state? | California (accept CA) |
| In one debate, this man claimed Klansman Lothrop Stoddard was wrong because he never traveled under Jim Crow accommodations. This man was an opponent of the Atlanta Compromise and believed the Talented Tenth would lift a certain group out of poverty. For the point, name this Black American thinker who wrote The Souls of Black Folk. | W.E.B. Du Bois (or William Edward Burghardt Du Bois) |
| A colony named for this non-Polish country built Fort Casimir, or Fort Trinity, and was led by men like Johan Printz and Johan Risingh. Peter Minuit established a colony named for this country in northern Delaware that was centered around Fort Christina. For the point, name this country whose early settlers in the U.S. came from Gothenburg and Stockholm. | Kingdom of Sweden (or Konungariket Sverige; accept New Sweden; accept Nya Sverige) |
| A Supreme Court case found that relying on property taxes to fund these locations does not violate the Equal Protection Clause. One of these locations in Island Trees, New York was the subject of a case concerning books such as Soul on Ice and The Fixer. Engel v. Vitale found it unconstitutional to hold morning prayer at, for the point, what educational institutions? | Public Schools (accept High Schools; or Elementary Schools; or Middle Schools) |
| This figure wrote the article “What Every Mother Should Know” for the socialist magazine The New York Call. This person was jailed for 30 days after violating the Comstock Act by distributing her book Family Limitation. For the point, identify this founder of what became Planned Parenthood, an early advocate of birth control. | Margaret Sanger (accept Margaret Sanger Slee; accept Margaret Louise Higgins) |
| This city is named for the noble title of the man who sponsored the voyage of the Ark and Dove. Alexander Cochrane [[“COCK”-ren]] was one leader of a failed attack on this city that included the Battle of North Point. A flag made by Mary Pickersgill was raised in, for the point, what city where Fort McHenry resisted the British during the War of 1812? | Baltimore |
| This politician introduced the Homeowner Bill of Rights, which banned dual-tracking and robo-signing. This politician investigated the practices of the Bakersfield Police Department before running for president in 2020 in a campaign that was later suspended before the primaries due to a lack of funding. Alex Padilla inherited the Senate seat of, for the point, what first female vice president of the U.S.? | Kamala Harris (or Kamala Devi Harris) |
| The name of this figure came from a 1942 song by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb. A 1943 poster of a woman flexing her arm is often mistakenly associated with this figure, who is often depicted in a red bandana. For the point, identify this figure who represented female factory workers in World War Two. | Rosie the Riveter |
| This president, who passed the Interstate Commerce Act, had an affair with Maria Halpin, which led his opponents to use the slogan "Ma, Ma, Where’s My Pa?" This president, who defeated James Blaine to win his first term, was defeated four years later by Benjamin Harrison. For the point, name this only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. | Grover Cleveland (or Stephen Grover Cleveland) |
| Two "Committees of Seventy" were convened to investigate this group's actions under leaders like Richard Croker. In Harper's Weekly, Thomas Nast depicted this group, known for its "honest graft," as a tiger. For the point, name this New York Democratic political machine led by Boss Tweed. | Tammany Hall (accept Society of St. Tammany; or the Sons of St. Tammany; or the Columbian Order) |
| This company built the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. The Computing- Tabulating-Recording Company was a predecessor to this company, which adopted the slogan "THINK." A supercomputer that played on Jeopardy! was named after the CEO of, for the point, what "Big Blue" technology corporation known by three letters? | IBM (accept International Business Machines; accept IBM Watson) |
| An early event during this period was known as the New Orleans massacre. The Ten Percent Plan was favored over the Wade-Davis Bill by a president during this period, which concluded with the Compromise of 1877. For the point, name this era of rebuilding that followed the Civil War. | Reconstruction |
| This location's Coast Guard quarters were destroyed following a 19-month occupation by the Red Power movement. This place, which housed Whitey Bulger and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was the site of a 1962 escape involving an unsteady raft. For the point, name this island prison outside of San Francisco. | Alcatraz Island |
| This Democratic senator co-sponsored the No Child Left Behind bill with Judd Gregg. This politician was never asked if he was drinking after the car crash that killed Mary Jo Kopechne [[kuh-"PECK"-nee]] at Chappaquiddick. For the point, name this “Lion of the Senate” whose brothers Robert and John were attorney general and president, respectively, in the early 1960s. | Ted Kennedy (or Edward Moore Kennedy; prompt on "Kennedy") |
| This legislation created New Mexico and Utah as territories and led to the admission of California as a state. Part of this legislation was the Fugitive Slave Act, and another provision to this legislation ended the slave trade in Washington D.C. For the point, name this compromise that put off the Civil War for a decade. | Compromise of 1850 (accept California Compromise before “California”) |
| Tensions leading up to this event escalated after the killing of Sitting Bull. Big Foot and Black Coyote were among the 300 Lakota killed in this 1890 massacre led by Colonel James Forsyth. For the point, identify this massacre that took place near a South Dakota creek, which is considered the last major conflict between Native Americans and the U.S. Army. | Wounded Knee Massacre (or Battle of Wounded Knee) |
| In this play, a character struggles to remember the Ten Commandments when interrogated by Reverend Hale. Prior to the opening scene of this play, Reverend Parris discovers Abigail and Betty dancing in the woods with the Barbadian slave Tituba. Giles Corey is pressed to death for refusing to confess in, for the point, what play by Arthur Miller that focuses on the events of the Salem Witch Trials? | The Crucible |
| While in a post later filled by Oliver Ellsworth, this man drafted a document condemned by Jeffersonians. That text, named for this man, made one power vacate forts in the Northwest Territory in return for normalized relations. For the point, identify this first U.S. Chief Justice who names a treaty with the UK. | John Jay (accept Jay's Treaty) |
| After an event on this holiday, Byron Bolton confessed that Claude Maddox helped Robert Carey and Gus Winkeler escape. Six North Side Gang members were killed on this holiday at a Chicago warehouse, in an act perhaps orchestrated by Al Capone. For the point, name this romantic holiday often celebrated with candy and flowers. | Valentine's Day (accept February 14th; accept St. Valentine's Day; accept St. Valentine's Day Massacre) |
| This artist offered a drawing of a high heel shoe to the Museum of Modern Art, but it was rejected. Films created by this man include Chelsea Girls and the six-hour Sleep, though this artist is best known for silkscreen works, including the Marilyn Diptych. For the point, identify this artist who painted Campbell's soup cans. | Andy Warhol (or Andrew Warhol Jr). |
| The documentary The Hate That Hate Produced focused primarily on this group. Elijah Muhammad was one leader of this group, and a later leader of this group gave the "Ballot or the Bullet" speech and was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom. For the point, name this religious organization led by Louis Farrakhan and Malcolm X. | Nation of Islam (accept NOI; prompt on “The Nation”) |
| DuPont president Walter Carpenter Jr. declined to profit from this operation. One figure in this operation was once given the title Coordinator of Rapid Rupture, in reference to a neutron chain reaction. For the point, identify this World War Two project that created the first nuclear weapons in the world. | Manhattan Project (accept Manhattan District; accept Development of Substitute Materials) |
| The Venona Papers supported claims of involvement in this activity. The “Pumpkin Papers” were used by Whittaker Chambers to accuse another person of this action, for which Nathan Hale was executed by the British. For the point, identify this activity of which Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs were accused. | Spying (or Espionage; accept synonymous answers) |
| The U.S. and this country feuded over borders in the San Juan Islands during the Pig War. In the Trent Affair, John Slidell was captured by one of this country's ships in the early years of the Civil War. For the point, name this country that fought the American colonies in the Revolutionary War. | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (accept either underlined portion; accept UK; accept England) |
| Following a 1969 disaster in this industry, Senator Gaylord Nelson organized the first Earth Day. Ida Tarbell published an exposé of a company in this industry, members of which bribed Albert Fall to lease federal land in Wyoming. The Teapot Dome Scandal involved, for the point, what industry led by John D. Rockefeller? | Oil industry (accept Petroleum industry) |