Question
In the second half of the 19th century, it was nearly impossible to secure the Republican presidential nomination without an endorsement from this organization. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this fraternal organization for Union Civil War veterans that pushed for veterans’ pensions during the 1880s and ’90s.
ANSWER: Grand Army of the Republic [or GAR]
[10h] As the third commander of the GAR, this Union general proclaimed a day of remembrance called Decoration Day that became Memorial Day. He was nominated as James Blaine’s vice presidential candidate in 1884.
ANSWER: John A. Logan [or John Alexander Logan]
[10e] Logan won office as an Illinois senator in a GAR-backed campaign by bashing Democrats with this strategy. This metaphorical action names the post-war political tactic of evoking the deaths of Union soldiers.
ANSWER: waving the bloody shirt [or bloody shirt campaigns]
<JM, American History>
Summary
2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
Data
A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | We Need New Names | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | BHSU B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
The Dyatlov Passement incident | Punished "Venom" BHSU | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
The Empire Bikes Back | sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
LMM's LLM MLM | it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |