Abraham Lincoln - 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges

Question

Kate Warne, the first female detective, helped prevent a possible assassination attempt against this president. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this president, who earlier in his career declared that “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” This president’s 1860 campaign victory triggered the secession of many slaveholding states.

ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln

[10m] Kate Warne worked for this organization that later involved itself in anti-labor activities like breaking up the Homestead Strike.

ANSWER: Pinkerton National Detective Agency [or the Pinkertons]

[10h] The assassination attempt that Warne thwarted was named for and took place in this city. A riot against the transport of Union soldiers took place at this city’s Pratt Street.

ANSWER: Baltimore [accept Baltimore Plot]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


UCSD	Claremont A	10	10	0	20
USC	UCLA A	10	10	0	20