Question

A resolution introduced by a senator from this family created the Pujo (“poo-ZHO”) Committee to investigate a “money trust.” A coast-to-coast mail route between Los Angeles and New York was frequented by a member of this family who was a postal worker after World War I. A woman who married into this family wrote the pro-fascist text The Wave of the Future to support her husband’s lobbying for a US–German peace treaty. A politician from this family (-5[1])was compared to Goebbels by FDR in a speech blaming Jews for endorsing war against Germany at an America First (10[1])Committee (10[1])rally. (10[1])In 1932, a member of this family was the victim of Bruno Hauptmann’s (10[1])“Crime of the Century.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this family of that kidnapped baby and his father, who flew the Spirit of St. Louis. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Lindbergh [accept Charles Augustus Lindbergh; accept the Lindbergh baby; accept Carl Månsson; accept Anne Morrow Lindbergh]
<Rutgers A, American History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Prahalad RaoOhio State BCase Western A75-5
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon AMichigan State9510
Carter PisockyMichigan COhio State A9610
Rachel FanousMichigan AMichigan D9710
Mitchell IndekMichigan BKenyon11010
Anthony YinCase Western BCarnegie Mellon B11410
Sai SubramanianCase Western AOhio State B13510

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