Question

This man exhibited a tightrope-walking elephant named Lalla Rookh and a horse named Excelsior who could fire a gun by pulling a rope. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this celebrity who combined trained animals, Shakespeare parodies, and political satire to become one of the most famous antebellum entertainers in America. This circus clown’s “Great Show” inspired Barnum and Bailey’s slogan “The Greatest Show on Earth.”
ANSWER: Dan Rice [or Daniel McLaren]
[10e] Rice performed wearing a red, white, and blue suit, a top hat, and a goatee, which likely inspired Thomas Nast’s image of this symbolic figure.
ANSWER: Uncle Sam [prompt on Sam]
[10m] Rice leveraged his popularity to run for office in Pennsylvania as part of this political faction. The 1864 DNC adopted most of this faction’s policies and nominated its member George Pendleton for vice president.
ANSWER: Copperheads [or Peace Democrats]
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Berkeley AMichigan0101020
FloridaBerkeley B010010
Columbia ABrown0101020
Toronto BChicago D010010
Claremont CollegesOttawa010010
Columbia BCornell A010010
Chicago ACornell B0101020
South CarolinaGeorgia Tech0101020
WUSTL AHarvard0101020
McGillIllinois010010
Iowa StateVirginia0101020
Minnesota BJohns Hopkins010010
KentuckyIndiana0101020
Chicago BNYU0101020
WaterlooNorth Carolina B0101020
MarylandNorthwestern0101020
Yale BPenn010010
RutgersDuke010010
Truman StateStanford0101020
Yale ATexas010010
Toronto ANorth Carolina A001010
PurdueVanderbilt010010
Arizona StateWUSTL B0101020