Regional US History Bee Round 5 1. This state is where the racial Rosewood Massacre occurred. The oldest settlement in the United States, St. Augustine, is located in this state. Osceola was a chieftain of an American Indian tribe from this state, the Seminoles. What is this state, whose ballots suffered from "hanging chads" that brought about the crisis of the 2000 election? ANSWER: Florida 080-13-91-05101 2. This general created the Anaconda Plan to fight the Confederacy. He oversaw the removal of Cherokee from the southeast, and he led the forces that captured Veracruz and marched into Mexico City. He was the Whig presidential candidate who lost to Franklin Pierce. Who was this general during the Mexican American War, nicknamed “Old Fuss and Feathers?” ANSWER: Winfield Scott 027-13-91-05102 3. This man was President when Andrew Jackson invaded Florida in the First Seminole War, and Florida was ceded to the United States in the Adams-Onis Treaty. His Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, helped draft a message prohibiting European powers from interfering in the New World; that message became his "doctrine." Who is this president who served during the Era of Good Feelings? ANSWER: James Monroe 080-13-91-05103 4. This event gave an immediate boost to Eugene McCarthy's Presidential campaign, leading to a win in the New Hampshire primary. This event caused influential newsman Walter Cronkite to turn against the President's policy, and it took place in January 1968 on the lunar new year. What was this attack on the American embassy in Saigon and dozens of other targets in Vietnam? ANSWER: the Tet Offensive 019-13-91-05104 5. This university is where a physics researcher was killed in the 1970 bombing of its Sterling Hall. This university was involved in a namesake "idea" in which its faculty directly advised the state government. The satirical newspaper The Onion was founded at this university in 1998. What is this university, a "Public Ivy" and Big Ten member located in Madison? ANSWER: University of Wisconsin-Madison 019-13-91-05105 6. This device's low-slung "safety" version was introduced in the 1880s, replacing earlier models such as the "boneshaker" and the high-seated "penny-farthing." Prior to the first flight of the airplane, thse devices were repaired in the Wright Brothers' shop. What was this device whose nineteeth-century "craze" heralded the first period of unrestricted transportation for women? ANSWER: bicycles 019-13-91-05106 Regional US History Bee 5 Page 1 of 10 7. This city's water department pays a farrier to forge shoes for its zero horses. Kevyn Orr is currently serving as crisis manager for this city. Serial text-messager Kwame Kilpatrick was a mayor of this city. Mitt Romney controversially wrote an editorial called "Let" this city "Go Bankrupt;" in 2013, it declared bankruptcy. What is this beleaguered city in Michigan that contains the headquarters of General Motors? ANSWER: Detroit, Michigan 080-13-91-05107 8. This election's Democratic contenders were dubbed the "seven dwarfs." The winner of this election had sworn, "Read my lips: no new taxes" and used the Willie Horton ad to discredit his opponent, former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis. What is this election year in which George H.W. Bush won the presidency? ANSWER: Election of 1988 [or the Bush-Dukakis Election] 080-13-91-05108 9. This man bribed New York representatives to allow him to issue fake stock during the Erie War he fought against Cornelius Vanderbilt. This man used a connection with Abel Corbin, Ulysses S. Grant's brother-in-law, to conspire to drive up the price of gold, leading to a crisis on Black Friday. Who was this financier, a "robber baron" who conspired with Jim Fisk? ANSWER: Jay Gould 080-13-91-05109 10. This building was the site of an errant B-25 bomber crash in July 1945. This building's spire was built on the pretext of being a docking station for airships, though it was actually intended to qualify it as the world's tallest building upon its 1931 completion. Dozens of TV and radio stations transmit from this building. What is this Manhattan landmark, named after the state motto of New York? ANSWER: the Empire State Building 019-13-91-05110 11. These things are planned to be fixed by reducing COLAs from their current rate of 3%. The governor of a Midwestern state used a line-item veto to eliminate lawmakers' pay for failing to fix these things. Pat Quinn has urged lawmakers to reform these to avoid bankruptcy for Illinois. What are these payments owed to state employees that Illinois is struggling to reform? ANSWER: state pensions 080-13-91-05111 12. These devices once used a compound invented by the environmentally unlucky Thomas Midgley, freon. North Carolina textile mill owner Stuart Cramer coined the name for these devices. Willis Carrier invented them in 1902 in Buffalo. What are these objects, which opened the door to economic and population expansion in the South and the Sunbelt after World War II by fighting summertime heat? ANSWER: air conditioners 019-13-91-05112 13. This President proposed a federal takeover of Medicaid in return for devolving welfare programs to the state level as part of "New Federalism." He proposed a Strategic Defense Initiative anti-missile system which was dubbed "Star Wars" and was hurt by the Iran-Contra scandal. Name this President who was in power for most of the 1980s after defeating Jimmy Carter. ANSWER: Ronald Wilson Reagan 019-13-91-05113 Regional US History Bee 5 Page 2 of 10 14. This film's male lead threatened to boycott its premiere because supporting actress Hattie McDaniel was barred from attending by segregation laws. McDaniel became the first black Oscar winner for this film, which also won awards for director Victor Fleming and star Vivien Leigh. What was this 1939 Civil War epic, based on a Margaret Mitchell novel about Scarlett O'Hara? ANSWER: Gone With the Wind 019-13-91-05114 15. This was the home state of FDR's Secretary of State, Cordell Hull. Before becoming vice president, Andrew Johnson governed this state. Martin Luther King was assassinated in this state, whose namesake river lends its name to a "Valley Authority" established by FDR. What is this state, where country music was born in Nashville? ANSWER: Tennessee 080-13-91-05115 16. This man wrote a widely read autobiographical article, "A Boy Who Was Traded for a Horse" and published forty-four namesake "bulletins." He discovered processes for making vinegar out of sweet potatoes and paint out of soybeans. He was educated at Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute. Identify this agricultural chemist who found hundreds of uses for peanuts. ANSWER: George Washington Carver 019-13-91-05116 17. This ethnic group of immigrants included the "Pennsylvania Dutch," and they name a neighborhood in northwest Philadelphia and a "coast" of Louisiana. Mennonites and Moravians belonged to this group. Publisher John Peter Zenger belonged to this group of immigrants, who populated much of Pennsylvania. What is this group of immigrants from the Palatine region of Europe? ANSWER: German-American immigrants 080-13-91-05117 18. This man's plan was to capture the armory in Jerusalem, and he was inspired by a solar eclipse. He attempted to lead his men into the Great Dismal Swamp, but was stopped by the local militia. He learned how to read from his master’s son. He led seven men in murdering the Travis family, and went on to lead about 75 men in a massacre of 60 others. Who was this slave who led a failed revolt in Virginia? ANSWER: Nat Turner 027-13-91-05118 19. This movement was referenced by athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos when they raised their fists at the 1968 Olympics. Popularized by SNCC head Stokely Carmichael, this concept was encouraged by Malcolm X and the Black Panthers. Identify this two-word phrase referring to the goals of self-determination sought by African-Americans. ANSWER: "black power" 080-13-91-05119 20. This policy for women was ruled unconstitutional in Adkins v. Children's Hospital, though West Coast Hotel v. Parrish upheld this type of policy. It was first introduced on the national level by the Fair Labor Standards Act. What type of law guarantees a baseline hourly income for workers? ANSWER: minimum wage 080-13-91-05120 Regional US History Bee 5 Page 3 of 10 21. This actor played a hapless prospector forced to eat his boot in the film The Gold Rush. In another movie, his character is mistaken for a Hitler-like dictator. This star of City Lights and The Great Dictator wore a bowler hat and sported a mustache in his most famous persona. Who is this silent movie comedian that adopted the “Little Tramp” persona? ANSWER: Charles “Charlie” Chaplin 052-13-91-05121 22. These objects were initially designed by a man who said that "form follows function." These objects, which Louis Sullivan designed, became practical in conjunction with new steel refining processes and Elisha Otis's invention of the safety elevator. What was this urban phenomenon which first appeared as Chicago's Home Insurance Building, which was ten stories high? ANSWER: skyscrapers 019-13-91-05122 23. This decade is when the Black Warrior affair soured American relations with Spain and the Ostend Manifesto was issued. Matthew Perry arrived in Japan during this decade, during which the "doughface" Presidents were in office. What was this decade in which the beating of Charles Sumner and the Dred Scott decision presaged the following decade's Civil War? ANSWER: the 1850s 019-13-91-05123 24.