War of the Pacific - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

The “Day of the Sea” in Bolivia commemorates its loss of its coastline in this war. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this war which was lost by a Bolivian-Peruvian alliance, ending with the Treaty of Ancón. An alternative name for this war comes from a resource used as fertilizer, on which Bolivia attempted to raise taxes.

ANSWER: War of the Pacific [or Guerra del Pacifico; accept Saltpeter War or Nitrate War or Ten Cents War or Second Pacific War or Guerra del Salitre; reject “Guano War”]

[10e] This country won the War of the Pacific, despite its difficulties maintaining supply lines across the Atacama Desert. Its seizure of the Bolivian province of Litoral (“lee-to-RAHL”) extended this country’s long Pacific coastline.

ANSWER: Chile

[10h] In Paraguay, Children’s Day is celebrated on August 16, to mark the deaths of child soldiers in the War of the Triple Alliance, sparked by this President of Paraguay. This husband of Eliza Lynch died at the battle of Cerro Corá (“serro co-RAH”).

ANSWER: Francisco Solano López

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	18.00	100%	20%	60%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	7	14.29	86%	29%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	13.00	100%	20%	10%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%

Data


Claremont B	UCLA D	0	10	0	10
UCLA E	Claremont C	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	USC	0	10	10	20
Binghamton A	Cornell D	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
U of Rochester A	Cornell E	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	Cornell G	10	10	10	30
RIT A	Syracuse	0	10	0	10
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Cornell C	0	0	0	0
Chicago A	WashU A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Illinois D	10	10	0	20
WashU B	Indiana	10	10	0	20
Iowa A	Purdue A	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Northwestern A	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Iowa B	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Purdue C	SIUE	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame C	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Penn B	Bard A	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B	NYU A	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Penn A	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	Princeton A	0	10	10	20
Columbia J	Rutgers A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Lehigh A	10	10	0	20
Jefferson County Scholars	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State C	CWRU B	10	10	0	20
CWRU C	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Michigan State B	Miami C	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Ohio State A	10	10	10	30
West Virginia A	Miami B	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	West Virginia B	10	10	10	30
UBC A	UW Wrath	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
Southern	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Belmont	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Furman	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Emory A	10	10	10	30
Emory Oxford	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Appalachian State B	Duke A	0	10	0	10
UNC D	Duke B	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	Appalachian State A	10	10	0	20
UNC B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	Virginia	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	VCU	10	10	0	20
James Madison B	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	William & Mary	10	10	0	20