Question

A family in this city won a court case allowing their child Mamie to attend public school in Tape v. Hurley. A man born in this city won an 1898 Supreme Court case establishing birthright citizenship for children (10[1])of non-citizens. (10[1])A“sandlot” in this city was the site of many racist Denis (10[1])Kearney orations. At (10[1])a site in a body of water named for this city, immigrants used forged documentation as “paper sons” to subvert racist laws. This city was called “Gold Mountain” by immigrants that patronized brothels run by Ah Toy during an 1849 gold rush. For 10 points, Angel Island lies north of what city, where a Grant Street gate marks Chinatown south of the Golden Gate Bridge? ■END■

ANSWER: San Francisco [accept San Francisco Bay] (The second line refers to United States v. Wong Kim Ark.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Patrick Torre (DII)MarylandFordham3710
Chenyao Liu (DII)PennColumbia B3910
Will Hollister (DII)LehighRowan5010
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia APrinceton5310

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2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y4100%0%0%44.75