USHB Nationals Bee 2015-16 Bee Final Round Bee Final Round Regulation Questions (1) In his memoirs, the losing general of this battle claimed he \always regretted that the last assault at [this battle] was ever made." One general on the winning side called this battle \murder, not war." For several days, the losing side refused to ask for a truce to collect the wounded, who suffered to death in the June heat. After this battle, the losing side retreated to cross the James River, then completed the Overland Campaign and began the siege of Petersburg. For the point, name this battle that climaxed on June 3, 1864, when Robert E. Lee's fortified army killed thousands of advancing Union troops. ANSWER: Battle of Cold Harbor (2) Curt Gentry alleges these documents were taken away by John Mohr and James Jesus Angleton, who claimed they were merely transporting \spoiled wine." In 1972, Helen Gandy was instructed to begin destroying these documents, although several of them ended up with their owner's subordinates, like Mark Felt. These documents contained information about the sexual lives of men like John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. For the point, name these incriminating documents used by a powerful director of the F.B.I. to blackmail and control much of Washington. ANSWER: the personal files of J. Edgar Hoover (or Hoover's Official and/or Confidential File; prompt on FBI files) (3) This work's frontispiece features a quote reminding an audience \that obloquy is a necessary ingredient" in forming true glory. Theodore Sorensen may have ghostwritten this work, which was written while its author was bedridden due to back surgery. This book contains chapters on George Norris, Thomas Hart Benton, and Edmund G. Ross, who voted for acquittal in Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. For the point, name this Pulitzer Prize-winning series of biographies of Senators, written by then-Senator John F. Kennedy. ANSWER: Profiles in Courage (4) Thomas Ince's film Civilization supported this specific goal. A man in favor of this goal chartered a ship called the Oscar II and invited numerous intellectuals to accompany him to Europe. Support for this goal fizzled after events like the Preparedness Day Bombing, but politicians who formally voted in favor of it anyway included Nebraska's George Norris and Montana's Jeannette Rankin. This specific goal was aided by the success of the song \I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier". For the point, name this ultimately fruitless goal, referenced in Woodrow Wilson's successful 1916 campaign slogan, \He Kept Us Out of War." ANSWER: keeping the United States out of World War I (or pacifism about World War I; or peace instead of World War I; or opposition to World War I; accept obvious synonyms) Page 1 USHB Nationals Bee 2015-16 Bee Final Round (5) One of this man's works depicts Blackjack, Traveller, and Little Sorrel, three horses, with their riders. On Thanksgiving 1915, William Simmons went to the future site of that work by this artist and reformed the Ku Klux Klan. In one film, Eva Marie Saint and Cary Grant's characters dangle from another of this man's works; that work, finished after this man's 1941 death by his son Lincoln, is part of a National Park west of Badlands National Park in the Black Hills. For the point, name this sculptor of Georgia's Stone Mountain memorial and South Dakota's Mount Rushmore. ANSWER: Gutzon Borglum (6) Linguist Geoff Nunberg called this statement \a string of syllables." George T. Balch wrote an early version of this statement, which was then written for the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day by Francis Bellamy. The Supreme Court case <i>Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow</i> was about this statement, after an atheist sued that it was an state endorsement of theism. For the point, name this statement, whose use of the words \under God" has led to legal challenges to remove its recital in public schools. ANSWER: Pledge of Allegiance (7) While trying to stop this event, soldiers consumed \jimson weed," causing them to spend a week in a drug-induced haze. This event resulted in the execution of former Governor William Drummond. This event was prompted after a man was not allowed to legally attack the Doeg and Pamunkey tribes. Many historians believe the preponderance of indentured servants participating in it convinced colonial authorities of the need for slaves. During this event, insurgents chased Governor William Berkeley out of Jamestown. For the point, name this 1676 rebellion in the colony of Virginia. ANSWER: Bacon's Rebellion (8) The Clarion-Ledger reported that \the vile old thing is as dead as its author" after Mississippi did not ratify this amendment; Mississippi ultimately did not ratify it until 1984. Aaron Sargent introduced the language of this amendment to Congress, though it was not passed until over 40 years later. The Night of Terror targeted supporters of this amendment; those \Silent Sentinels" picketed the White House daily hoping to convert Woodrow Wilson to their side. Minor v. Happersett was overturned by, for the point, what Susan B. Anthony-supported amendment which gave women the right to vote. ANSWER: 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (9) During this event, Engine 31's firehouse was knocked off of its foundation. Sailors from the USS Nantucket performed rescue operations in the aftermath of this event, during which X horses drowned. An investigation by Hugh Ogden cleared anarchists from any blame for this event, which occurred when a rapid change in temperature caused the riveted structure of a storage tank to fail. For the point, name this January 1919 incident in which a tide of a sticky dark brown substance swept down to the Charles River through the streets of Boston. ANSWER: Boston Molasses flood (accept Great Molasses Flood or any description of a disaster involving molasses; accept the Boston Molassacre) Page 2 USHB Nationals Bee 2015-16 Bee Final Round (10) This man mocked his opponent's criticism by sarcastically saying the light bulb was \a risky anti-candle scheme." This man noted that the new ethic of the U.S. was \let's roll." While speaking into a bullhorn to a crowd of fire fighters, he proclaimed \I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you!" In 2003, this man flew to an aircraft carrier to give a speech claiming \the United States and our allies have prevailed." For the point, what President made the ill-advised speech \Mission Accomplished" speech during the Iraq War? ANSWER: George Walker Bush (accept Bush the Younger, Bush the 43rd, or Dubya; prompt on (George) Bush; do not accept \George Herbert Walker Bush" or other references to his father) (11) The fallout of this order led to a strong push by John Bell to replace James Polk as Speaker of the House. A cartoon mocking this order shows a glum man possessing \Loco Foco Pledges." Issued by Levi Woodbury, it was meant to stop out of control speculation and to rein in the President's so-called \pet banks." This order was blamed for the rising prices that brought on the Panic of 1837. For the point, what 1836 executive order issued by Andrew Jackson required payment for government land to be in gold and silver? ANSWER: Specie Circular (12) The perpetrator of this event was executed next to David Herold, who had guided him to this event's location. At the same time as this event nearly succeeded, George Atzerodt drunkenly wandered the streets of Washington. The victim in this event had, two weeks prior, broken his jaw and arm in a carriage accident; his splint protected his neck from wounds in this event. For the point, name this April 14, 1865 event carried out by Lewis Powell, simultaneous with Booth's assassination of Lincoln, in which a sitting Cabinet member was stabbed. ANSWER: attempted assassination (or attack, etc.) of William Seward (accept any description that details attempted murder of Seward, so long as it doesn't say Seward died) (13) In a speech given in this city, a man downplayed \the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house." That speaker here also used the metaphorical phrase \separate as the fingers, yet as one as the hand." This city, the site of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition, was where the founder of the Tuskegee Institute urged blacks to \cast down your bucket where you are." For the point, name this Southern city whose namesake \compromise" was discussed in a Booker T. Washington speech. ANSWER: Atlanta (14) A report by this man relied on documents made when Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Killian grounded a pilot and recorded a phone conversation in which that pilot asked to be excused from drill. That 2004 report by this man was criticized when those documents turned out to be forged using Microsoft Word, as opposed to being typed in the 1970s. This man's 24-year stint on his program ended after that investigation into George W. Bush's National Guard service record was criticized. For the point, name this former anchor of the CBS Evening News. ANSWER: Dan Rather Page 3 USHB Nationals Bee 2015-16 Bee Final Round (15) Critics of this event noted the undignified behavior of Webster Thayer, who oversaw it, and complained about the incompetence of the cocaine-addicted defense attorney Fred Moore. This event, which took place in Dedham, was declared unfair by Michael Dukakis fifty years after it took place. One subject of this event noted \They are determined to kill us regardless of evidence, of law, of decency, of everything," as appeals and pleas of innocence were continually denied by the Massachusetts court system.