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In this state, a family heirloom called Ashley’s Sack became the basis for the National Book Award winner All That She Carried. C. Vann Woodward won a Pulitzer in History for an adaptation of a diary of a woman from this state, Mary Chesnut. Before moving to Philadelphia, the abolitionist Grimké sisters were born and raised in this state. A woman from this state named Floride (“flor-EED”) helped lead the shunning of Peggy Eaton in the Petticoat Affair. In the Nullification Crisis, this (10[1])state rejected the “Tariff of Abominations” while led by John C. Calhoun. For 10 points, name this state, the first to secede and the location of Fort Sumter outside of Charleston. ■END■

ANSWER: South Carolina [or SC]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%0%81.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%22%74.44
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%0%71.71
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%0%68.83
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY10100%0%0%74.10
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%85.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%86.33