The Bahamas - 2023 ACF Nationals

Question

To gain control over parts of this modern-day country, Wallace Groves negotiated the Hawksbill Creek Agreement with the British Crown. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this country where Lynden Pindling challenged a party led by Roland Symonette that was known for pandering to the interests of a white oligarchy termed the Bay Street Boys.

ANSWER: The Bahamas [or Commonwealth of The Bahamas]

[10m] The Hawksbill Creek Agreement created a Bay Street Boys-run city named for this policy. Errol Barrow and Forbes Burnham promoted a Caribbean association named for this policy after the breakup of the West Indies Federation.

ANSWER: free trade [accept free trade zone; prompt on CARIFTA; prompt on free or Freeport]

[10e] The Bay Street Boys pushed through “The Contract” allowing for Bahamians to seasonally labor in this country. A socialite born in this country resided at the Sigrist House in the Bahamas following her husband’s abdication.

ANSWER: United States [or US; or United States of America; or USA]

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Summary


2023 ACF Nationals	04/22/2023	Y	21	8.10	52%	29%	0%

Data


Brown A	Claremont A	0	0	0
Columbia A	McGill A	10	10	20
Minnesota B	Cornell B	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Duke A	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Harvard A	0	0	0
North Carolina A	Johns Hopkins A	0	0	0
Michigan A	Chicago C	0	0	0
Ohio State A	Rutgers B	0	10	10
Minnesota A	Penn A	0	10	10
Penn State A	Illinois A	0	0	0
Chicago A	Rutgers A	0	0	0
Stanford A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	20
Indiana A	WUSTL A	0	0	0
WUSTL B	Yale A	0	10	10
Yale B	Columbia B	0	10	10
Florida B	MIT A	0	0	0
Maryland A	Houston A	0	10	10
Cornell A	UC Berkeley A	0	10	10
Florida A	Purdue A	10	10	20
Imperial A	Iowa State A	10	0	10
Toronto A	South Carolina A	0	10	10