Question
During this conflict, the printing press of the Herald of Freedom was melted down for a “second edition” of cannonballs that destroyed Fort Titus. A speech made about this conflict compared a senator to Don Quixote. This conflict involved fighting at the Wakarusa River Valley. The New England Emigrant Aid Company provided (*) arms for one faction in this conflict. The Free State Hotel was targeted by a side in this conflict. Andrew Butler was targeted in a speech about the “Crime Against” the location of this conflict. During this conflict, the Lecompton Constitution drew the support of armed border ruffians. For 10 points, name this conflict between pro- and anti-slavery factions in a state with capital at Topeka. ■END■
ANSWER: Bleeding Kansas [or Bloody Kansas; or the Border War in Kansas; accept “The Crime Against Kansas”; accept answers relating to the conflict caused by Kansas-Nebraska Act; prompt on answers like Kansas Civil War; reject “Civil War”]
<Michael Bentley, History - American - Pre-1865> ~27423~ <Editor: Arjun Nageswaran>
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Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 100% | 17% | 0% | 78.86 |