Simon Cameron - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This politician known for his corruption resigned his seat in the Senate in 1877 after securing the election of his son, the outgoing Secretary of War, to replace him. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this first Secretary of War under Lincoln. This politician was encouraged by his eventual successor Edwin Stanton to release a radical report calling for enslaved men to join the Union army.

ANSWER: Simon Cameron

[10e] Lincoln demoted Simon Cameron from the Cabinet to minister to this country. William Seward purchased Alaska from this country.

ANSWER: Russia [or Russian Empire]

[10m] Cameron’s political machine and corruption led to his feud with a fellow politician from this state, Thaddeus Stevens. Edward Everett gave an hours-long speech in this state that preceded a much shorter one.

ANSWER: Pennsylvania [or PA] (The speech is the Gettysburg Address.)

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Summary


California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Canada	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	58%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	17.00	100%	70%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	9	14.44	100%	44%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley E	0	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley C	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
Berkeley D	Stanford C	0	10	10	20
USC	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
UCI	Claremont Scripps	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	10	20
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	10	20
Toronto F	Guelph B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Toronto H	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	McMaster C	0	10	0	10
Queen's B	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Toronto A	McGill C	0	10	10	20
Toronto I	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
McGill B	Toronto D	0	10	10	20
Waterloo	Toronto J	0	10	0	10
Toronto K	Ottawa	0	10	10	20
Western Ontario	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
UCLA C	UCSB	0	10	10	20
UF A	UF E	0	10	10	20
UF B	FIU	0	10	10	20
UCF B	UCF A	0	10	10	20
WashU A	Missouri A	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Notre Dame D	0	10	0	10
Chicago D	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	UIC	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Indiana A	0	10	10	20
Kentucky	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Macalester A	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Macalester B	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Minnesota B	Minnesota A	0	10	10	20
Minnesota C	Nebraska	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin	0	10	10	20
Alberta	British Columbia B	0	10	0	10
British Columbia C	British Columbia A	0	10	10	20
Washington A	British Columbia D	0	10	10	20
Washington B	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10
Arizona State A	McGill D	0	10	0	10
Arizona State B	Northwestern C	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Northwestern A	0	10	10	20
Rose State	Ohio	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Iowa	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	UCO	0	10	10	20
UTD B	UTD A	0	10	0	10
Alabama B	UAB A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
Sewanee A	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Huntsville B	Huntsville A	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Bristol B	0	10	10	20
City St George's A	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	LSE A	0	10	0	10
Manchester A	Durham B	0	10	10	20
Southampton A	Oxford A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Imperial C	Sheffield C	0	10	0	10
Oxford B	Southampton B	0	10	10	20