corrupt bargain - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

An agreement described by this phrase allegedly decided a contingent election that ended the “Era of Good Feelings.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Give this two-word phrase describing a deal that decided the presidential election of 1824. The candidate who coined this phrase lost to John Quincy Adams after a deal that made Henry Clay secretary of state.

ANSWER: corrupt bargain

[10e] Supporters of this presumptive winner of the 1824 election rallied behind allegations of a “corrupt bargain.” This president, nicknamed “Old Hickory,” gained prominence as the winning general at the Battle of New Orleans.

ANSWER: Andrew Jackson

[10h] A governor with this last name responsible for building the Erie Canal unsuccessfully ran in 1824. That challenger of Madison in 1812 had this last name, as did his uncle who served as the first Governor of New York.

ANSWER: Clinton [accept DeWitt Clinton; accept George Clinton]

<Editors, American History>

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	22.86	86%	86%	57%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	11.11	78%	22%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	28.18	100%	91%	91%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	25.56	100%	89%	67%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	25.56	100%	89%	67%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	25.56	100%	78%	78%
North	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	75%	75%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	23.75	100%	100%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	6	21.67	100%	83%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	28.33	100%	100%	83%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	60%	60%

Data


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