Answer the following about the career of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, for 10 points each.
[10m] As mayor of this city, Vicuña Mackenna redesigned its central Santa Lucía hill into a public park. Manuel Bulnes (“BOOL-nace”) converted a former mint in this city into a presidential residence.
ANSWER: Santiago, Chile
[10h] Vicuña Mackenna joined the first of two Liberal Revolutions against Manuel Montt’s presidency during this decade. German immigrants began settling Southern Chile during this last full decade of the Conservative Republic.
ANSWER: 1850s
[10e] During Chile’s war of independence, Vicuña Mackenna’s grandfather John allied himself with this general. This general of Irish ancestry fought alongside José de San Martín at the Battle of Chacabuco.
ANSWER: Bernardo O’Higgins [or Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme]
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