Question

Karl Polanyi’s argument that these events were more impactful because “the Indian village community had been demolished” is quoted in a 2000 book (10[1])by historian Mike Davis about these events in the “Late Victorian” era. (10[3])Richard Temple (10[1])organized (-5[1])a successful (10[1])response to one of these events in Bihar in 1874. (10[7]-5[1])These events (10[1])have “never occurred in a functioning democracy” (10[2])according (10[2])to (10[3]-5[1])Amartya (10[1])Sen. (10[7])The ENSO (-5[1])phenomenon (10[4])and laissez-faire trade policies exacerbated a “Great” (10[3])one (10[1])of these events (-5[1])in southern (-5[1])India (10[6])that began in 1876. (10[4])Winston Churchill has been heavily (10[2])criticized (10[3])for (10[1])the sparsity of aid offered during one of these events (-5[1])in Bengal (10[1]-5[1])during World War (10[1])II. For 10 points, name these events, one of which occurred in Ireland due to a potato blight. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: famines [or food shortages; accept Bihar famine or Bengal famine or Great Famine of 1876–1878 or Southern India famine of 1876–1878 or Madras famine of 1877; accept Irish potato famine or Great Hunger or Great Famine or an Gorta Mór; accept Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World; prompt on droughts; prompt on Late Victorian Holocausts]
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Sophie Higgs (DII)UW AUBC B2210
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Justin HawkinsIndiana APurdue C3410
Benjamin WatsonOxford BCambridge D3410
Khanh NguyenUF AUF D3610
Nihal ChatraJohns Hopkins ARowan A37-5
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DOle Miss3910
Ben MarekStanford AStanford M4910
Allan LeeStanford LBerkeley A4910
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech BGeorgia A4910
Sam KonkelUChicago CNotre Dame4910
Evan Moore (UG)Mississippi StateTexas A4910
Alexander NicholsUCF BUF E49-5
Biniam AlaroUF BUF C4910
Raj DoshiUCF AUF F4910
Aden SunUChicago AWashU C5110
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan C (UG)5810
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge AManchester5810
Akshar GoyalUIUC ASIUE A5910
Sam AlahiUIUC CUChicago D5910
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BBerkeley C6010
Owen Edelson (DII)Kenyon A (UG)Michigan D (DII)60-5
Lucas JohnsWarwick ABirmingham6010
Justin LeeImperial AOxford A6010
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Pitt A6110
Teigue KellyPenn State AColumbia B6210
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Kenyon A (UG)6210
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan B6210
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU AVassar A6210
Drew Scheiner (UG)MissouriNYU B6210
Albert NyangLSE ACambridge B6210
Josh HowarthWarwick BLSE B6210
Devito Stevanus (UG)McGill ETexas B64-5
Will McCurleyAuburn AClemson A6510
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D6510
Charles YoungColumbia APenn State B6510
Neal JoshiWashU BNorthwestern A6510
Nitin MurthyPurdue AMiami7210
Aswath Karai (DII)Michigan State ACWRU A (UG)7210
Joseph CollinsImperial BDurham A7210
Yaj Jhajhria (DII)UW BSFU7310
Tarun KotiEmory BGeorgia Tech A76-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltEdinburgh78-5
Arjun BothraHaverford ARutgers A7910
donWashU DIndiana B7910
Liam StarnesUChicago BPurdue D7910
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL AIowa7910
Brynn JonesOregon StateTexas C7910
Luke NashDurham BBristol B7910
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech ETennesse A8310
Austin GuoPrinceton ALehigh A8310
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AJohns Hopkins B8310
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Pitt B (UG)8310
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech AEmory B8810
Kevin FlanaganBristol ACambridge C8810
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina ATusculum A8910
VictoriaRutgers CBard8910
James CarrigyEdinburghVanderbilt8910
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)CWRU D (DII)9010
Carter TomaskyFlorida Tech AFlorida Tech B100-5
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Karolis Margis (UG)Colorado CollegeVassar B10210
Aryan PathakUF EUCF B10510
Harris BeckerAlabama AAuburn C12410
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan AJohns Hopkins A12410
Arnav Lahoti (D2)Texas BMcGill E12410
Leighton KarpiniaFlorida Tech BFlorida Tech A12410