Question

Herbert Hoover’s first veto was against a coin commemorating this agreement. Options for this agreement were presented by Christopher Ward, an agent of investors in the Garay (“gah-RYE”) settlement. Five years later, the McLane–Ocampo Treaty reinforced this agreement’s Article 8, which called for a port in the area near present-day Rocky Point. This agreement divided the lands of the O’odham (“AW-tum”) people and provided for major construction project across the Isthmus (-5[1])of (-5[1])Tehuantepec (“teh-wan-TEH-pek”). This agreement’s South Carolinian namesake intended for it to allow a transcontinental railroad through the (10[1])Mesilla (“meh-SEE-yah”) valley, but this was delayed by fights over the Kansas–Nebraska Act. The site of present-day Tucson was acquired (10[1])by the US (10[1])in, for 10 points, what 1854 (10[1])agreement, which bought a strip of land from Mexico? (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Gadsden Purchase [or Gadsden Treaty; accept Treaty of La Mesilla or La Venta de La Mesilla until “Mesilla” is read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kai MadgwickDurham AOxford A68-5
Freddy PottsSheffieldCambridge C69-5
Conrad FreidsonWarwickImperial B8510
Lewys JenkinsBristolOxford B10410
Nick PruittKCLOxford C10710
Harrison WhitakerCambridge AEdinburgh11310
Ben LaFondCambridge BImperial A12210
Omer KeskinOxford ADurham A1230

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2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%105.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%17%101.67
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State01/27/2024Y3100%0%33%107.33
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y771%0%29%106.20
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%65.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y5100%0%80%115.60