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This event was sparked by the murder of “Smilin’ Sid” Hatfield in revenge for a gunfight in Matewan. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this event in which 3,000 “Logan Defenders” were joined by troops sent by Warren Harding. It’s considered the largest US armed uprising since the Civil War.
ANSWER: Battle of Blair Mountain
[10e] At age 84, this Irish-American labor activist showed up to Blair Mountain to rally coal miners. She names a major progressive magazine in the US.
ANSWER: “Mother” Jones [or Mary G. Harris Jones]
[10h] Two of these geographic features name a violent, 14-month-long West Virginia strike led by Mother Jones that began in 1912. Another of these features names a 1894 strike in which the Colorado state militia was called out to support striking gold miners.
ANSWER: creeks [accept Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike; accept Cripple Creek strike; prompt on streams or bodies of water]
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Cornell CCornell A0000
BinghamtonRIT A1001020
Cornell BRIT B010010