Question
Answer the following about the northernmost fighting of the Civil War, for 10 points each.
[10e] The “high water mark of the Confederacy” was reached on Cemetery Ridge during this 1863 battle in southern Pennsylvania.
ANSWER: Battle of Gettysburg
[10m] The northernmost fighting on land was a series of raids in St. Albans in this state. This state’s soldiers were sometimes referred to by the name of a militia led earlier by Ethan Allen.
ANSWER: Vermont [or VT] (The militia was the Green Mountain Boys.)
[10h] The last shot of the war was fired in the Bering Sea by the Shenandoah, one of these ships targeting Union merchant ships. The Alabama Claims were made in response to one of these ships that targeted logistics.
ANSWER: commerce raiders [prompt on raiders; prompt on a sloop or a sailing ship with “what was its purpose?”]
<Joseph Krol, History - American - Pre-1865> ~23648~ <Editor: Arjun Nageswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 19.72 | 100% | 89% | 8% |