Question
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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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 67% | 33% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 67% | 50% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 5.00 | 38% | 13% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 8.00 | 20% | 40% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 33% | 33% | 67% |
Data
| Claremont A | Iowa B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Iowa A | Appalachian State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rice A | UBC A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan State A | Sorbonne | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A&M A | Texas A&M B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Texas A | UW A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |