Question
In the 1860s, Republican Morton McMichael hired two Black cesspool cleaners to appear on these things in an effort to stop the integration of them. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these things which name a type of suburb exemplified by Bryn Mawr on Philadelphia’s Main Line and Somerville, Massachusetts.
ANSWER: streetcars [or passenger cars; or railroad cars; or trams; prompt on cars; prompt on trains; prompt on light rail]
[10m] David Zucchino’s book about the “lie” of a coup in this city begins, “the killers came by streetcar.” That 1898 massacre followed the election of a Fusionist government in this North Carolina city.
ANSWER: Wilmington, North Carolina [accept the Wilmington coup or Wilmington massacre]
[10e] The decline of this city’s extensive “red car” streetcar network is a plot point in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. This city’s postwar economy was boosted by studios like Paramount.
ANSWER: Los Angeles [or LA; accept Hollywood]
<Michael Bentley, History - American - 1865-1945> ~22137~ <Editor: Arjun Nageswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 13.89 | 86% | 33% | 19% |