anti-Masonry - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

The disappearance of William Morgan, who was possibly thrown into the Niagara River, contributed to this cause. For 10 points each:

[10m] Describe this cause opposing an organization associated with the Eye of Providence. Thurlow Weed led a single issue party for this cause that in 1832 chose William Wirt at the first presidential nominating convention.

ANSWER: anti-Masonry [or Anti-Masonic; or anti-Freemason; accept descriptions of being against Masons]

[10e] Through the 1830s, many members of the Anti-Masonic Party left for this party. Presidents from this party include John Tyler and Zachary Taylor.

ANSWER: Whig Party

[10h] Edward Giddins created several “New England Anti-Masonic” works of this type. Robert B. Thomas founded an “Old” one of these works, and another of these works announced the premature death of Titan Leeds in 1732 as a hoax.

ANSWER: almanacs [accept Old Farmer’s Almanac; accept Poor Richard’s Almanack]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
Canada	Main	Y	6	21.67	83%	83%	50%
Florida	Main	Y	10	16.00	90%	60%	10%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	5	8.00	80%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	16.00	100%	50%	10%
North	Main	Y	11	20.91	100%	82%	27%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	80%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	75%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	20.00	80%	100%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	13.64	91%	36%	9%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	75%	63%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	15.71	86%	64%	7%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%

Data


Berkeley E	Stanford A	0	10	0	10
Berkeley C	Berkeley A	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Berkeley F	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	UCSC	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCLA B	10	0	0	10
UCSB	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	10	10	10	30
UCI	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
USC	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	10	10	30
Claremont Scripps	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	0	20
Toronto D	Guelph A	0	10	0	10
Carleton	McGill C	10	10	10	30
Queen's A	McGill B	10	10	0	20
Queen's B	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
Toronto H	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
Toronto K	McMaster C	10	10	0	20
ERAU A	FIU	0	10	0	10
ERAU B	UF D	0	0	0	0
FSU	UCF A	0	10	0	10
UF A	UF C	0	10	0	10
UF E	UF B	0	10	0	10
OSU C	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Pitt A	CWRU B	0	10	10	20
MSU B	CWRU D	0	10	0	10
MSU A	CWRU C	0	10	0	10
OSU D	Kenyon B	10	10	0	20
OSU A	Pitt B	10	10	10	30
McGill A	Ottawa	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	James Madison	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
Virginia B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
North Carolina B	Tennessee B	10	10	10	30
NC State	Tusculum	10	10	0	20
Virginia A	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Catholic University	Maryland D	10	10	0	20
George Mason C	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	Penn A	10	10	0	20
NYU A	George Mason B	10	10	10	30
George Mason A	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Georgetown B	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Georgetown A	VCU A	10	10	10	30
South Carolina B	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Liberty B	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
George Washington A	UMBC A	10	10	0	20
George Washington B	Johns Hopkins C	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	Penn B	10	10	10	30
Maryland C	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	0	20
Roanoke	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Swarthmore A	Rutgers B	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
SIUE	WashU B	0	10	0	10
William Woods	Truman State	10	10	0	20
Missouri A	WashU A	10	10	0	20
WashU C	WashU D	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Notre Dame A	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame D	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Notre Dame C	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	UIC	10	10	0	20
Lehigh B	Columbia B	0	0	0	0
Carleton	Macalester A	10	10	0	20
St. Thomas	Macalester B	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Minnesota C	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Nebraska	Minnesota B	10	10	0	20
Minnesota A	Wisconsin	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Amherst B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Clemenceau	BC A	10	10	0	20
BC B	Bowdoin A	0	0	0	0
Amherst A	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	10	0	10
Brown B	Brandeis Orlando	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth	Harvard	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Cornell-UG	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Wilson	MIT B	10	10	0	20
Yale A	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Tufts B	Yale B	0	10	0	10
Williams	Brown C	10	10	0	20
Ohio	Alberta B	0	0	0	0
McGill D	Northwestern A	10	10	0	20
Texas A	Rose State	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Texas B	10	10	0	20
Tulsa	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10
UCO	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
UTD A	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Iowa	UTD B	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh A	Bristol B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge A	LSE B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Durham A	Cambridge D	10	10	0	20
City St George's A	Birmingham A	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh B	Bristol A	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Imperial C	10	0	0	10
LSE A	Lancaster A	0	10	0	10
Manchester A	Sheffield C	10	10	0	20
Manchester B	Warwick B	0	0	0	0
Oxford A	Durham B	10	10	0	20
Oxford B	Sheffield A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield B	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Warwick A	Southampton B	0	10	0	10
Cornell-DII	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Syracuse	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
RIT B	RIT A	10	10	0	20
ESF	Rochester	10	10	0	20