Question

In this city, Henry Turner’s “Am I a Man?” speech protested the expulsion of black legislators. A washerwomen’s strike took place in this city before the International Cotton Exposition. Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey’s racist notions of “old” Black people prevented a Brooklyn-born man in this city from pinning a murder on Jim Conley. W. E. B. Du Bois (-5[1])wrote about buying a shotgun after witnessing a racist mob in this city that attacked Decatur Street. Mary Phagan’s (10[1])murder (10[1])led to the antisemitic lynching of Leo Frank in this city, (10[1])where African Americans were told to “cast down (10[1])[their] buckets where [they] are” by Booker T. Washington. For 10 points, a compromise” against civil rights was made in what (10[1])Southern city where Sherman began his march to the sea? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Atlanta, Georgia [accept Atlanta Compromise]
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William OrrYale AYale B56-5
Emmet ThomsenBrown ABoston University A7510
Ohm PatelBoston University BBrandeises Brew7610
Evan LuccaBowdoin ATufts B8710
Rajat SethiNortheastern AWilliams A9510
Andres CordobaYale CDiamond Brandeis11610
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Derek FinoClark ATufts A12710
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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%85.00
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