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Question

The success of this state’s Communist Party was described by Robin Kelley in his book Hammer and Hoe. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this state whose Communist Party-organized “Sharecroppers Union” initiated numerous protests in cities like Birmingham.

ANSWER: Alabama [or AL]

[10m] The Alabama Communist Party was instrumental in the defense fund of this group of nine black teenagers falsely accused of assaulting two women on a train.

ANSWER: Scottsboro Boys [or Scottsboro Youths; or Scottsboro Teens]

[10h] Kelly argued that the demise of the Alabama Communist Party came from its absorption into the CIO, which was led by a man with this first and last name. A Georgia Representative with this first and last name who died in 2020 was the chairman of SNCC (“snick”).

ANSWER: John Lewis [accept John L. Lewis or John R. Lewis; prompt on John or Lewis]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	12.86	86%	14%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	8.89	78%	0%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	7.50	50%	25%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	30%	50%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	56%	56%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	22%	44%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	33%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	15.00	92%	17%	42%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	88%	50%	50%
South Central	Main	Y	6	11.67	100%	0%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	21.67	100%	42%	75%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	8.00	60%	0%	20%

Data


Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	0	0	10
UCSC	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	UC Irvine	10	0	0	10
UCSD A	UCLA B	0	0	0	0
UCLA D	Claremont C	10	0	0	10
Ottawa A	McGill A	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Ottawa C	10	0	0	10
Ottawa B	McGill B	10	0	0	10
Carleton B	Ottawa D	10	0	0	10
USC B	UCSD B	10	0	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	USC A	10	0	0	10
McMaster A	Toronto E	10	0	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto A	0	0	0	0
Toronto C	Brock A	0	0	0	0
Queen's A	Toronto G	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	Guelph A	10	0	0	10
McMaster B	Toronto I	10	0	0	10
Waterloo A	Toronto B	10	0	0	10
Waterloo B	Toronto D	10	0	10	20
Toronto F	Waterloo C	10	0	0	10
UCLA F	Claremont B	10	0	10	20
Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	10	0	0	10
Florida State A	Florida B	0	0	0	0
South Florida A	Florida Tech A	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	Ohio State C	10	0	10	20
Louisville D	WVU B	10	0	0	10
CWRU B	Michigan A	10	0	0	10
Louisville A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Louisville C	Michigan State C	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan State A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State D	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
CWRU C	Pittsburgh	10	0	0	10
WVU A	Michigan State D	10	0	10	20
Florida Tech B	UCF A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary A	JMU B	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Duke A	10	0	0	10
Virginia A	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
William & Mary B	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
NCSU A	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Tusculum A	NCSU B	10	0	0	10
UNC A	UNC C	10	0	0	10
William & Mary C	UNC B	10	10	10	30
JMU A	VCU A	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Columbia B	Maryland C	10	0	0	10
NYU A	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
Penn	Rutgers A	10	0	0	10
Princeton	George Mason B	10	0	10	20
Rutgers C	George Mason C	10	0	0	10
Rutgers D	Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Vassar A	Vassar B	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Chicago B	10	0	0	10
Iowa B	Illinois Blue	10	0	0	10
Illinois Canada	Rose-Hulman A	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Illinois Champaign	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Illinois Orange	10	0	10	20
Indiana B	Illinois Urbana	10	0	10	20
Iowa A	WashU Grizzlers	10	0	0	10
Purdue D	Purdue B	10	0	0	10
WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	10	10	10	30
Macalester	Iowa State	10	0	10	20
St. Thomas	Michigan Tech	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	Minnesota	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	10	0	0	10
Dartmouth C	Williams B	0	0	0	0
MIT A	Boston University B	10	0	0	10
Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts B	10	0	10	20
Tufts C	Brandeis Bach	10	0	10	20
UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	10	0	10	20
MIT B	Vermont A	10	0	0	10
Amherst B	Vermont B	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth B	Williams C	10	10	0	20
Alberta A	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Washington Pink	10	0	0	10
British Columbia C	Boise State	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	British Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	10	0	10	20
Washington Chum	Washington Masu	10	0	0	10
Alberta B	Washington State	10	0	0	10
Boston College B	Amherst A	10	0	0	10
Boston College A	Harvard	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Boston University A	10	10	0	20
Brown B	Dartmouth A	10	0	0	10
Kansas State A	Nebraska C	10	0	0	10
Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska A	10	0	0	10
Nebraska B	Central Oklahoma B	10	0	10	20
Oklahoma	Harding	10	0	0	10
Tulsa A	Kansas State B	10	0	0	10
Tulsa B	Rose State	10	0	0	10
Tennessee B	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	10	0	10	20
Chipola College	Clemson B	10	0	10	20
Georgia A	Clemson C	10	0	10	20
Emory A	Mississippi State A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Montevallo	Sewanne	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech E	10	0	10	20
Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech F	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Vanderbilt C	10	10	10	30
ESF	Binghamton A	10	0	0	10
Binghamton B	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
Cornell B	RIT A	0	0	0	0
RIT B	Cornell C	10	0	0	10
Rochester	Cornell A	0	0	10	10