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Answer the following about the Lecompton Constitution, a critical flashpoint in the crisis over slavery, for 10 points each.
[10e] The Lecompton Constitution came about as a result of this idea, promoted by Lewis Cass and Stephen Douglas, that residents of a territory should decide on their own whether or not slavery should be legal.
ANSWER: popular sovereignty
[10m] This politician denounced the Lecompton Constitution in his 1858 speech “An Appeal to Patriots Against Fraud and Disunion.” The Magnuson Act repealed an 1868 treaty negotiated by this future diplomat.
ANSWER: Anson Burlingame [accept Burlingame Treaty]
[10h] James H. Lane, a fierce opponent of the Lecompton Constitution, later burned and pillaged this town during the Civil War. The sack of this Missouri town later prompted Quantrill’s Raiders to attack Lawrence, Kansas.
ANSWER: Osceola (“oss-see-OH-luh”)
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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago AMinnesota100010E
Columbia AMichigan1010020EM
FloridaCornell B100010E
HarvardCornell A100010E
Illinois AToronto C0000
IndianaIllinois B100010E
Iowa StateWUSTL A100010E
MarylandOttawa100010E
NYUVirginia100010E
North Carolina AVanderbilt100010E
Penn StateRIT100010E
RutgersChicago B100010E
StanfordOhio State100010E
TexasColumbia B1001020EH
Toronto ANorth Carolina B1010020EM
UC Berkeley AArizona State100010E
UC Berkeley BGeorgia State100010E
UCFVirginia Tech100010E
WUSTL BToronto B100010E
Waterloo ALSE0000
Winona StateBritish Columbia100010E
YaleMIT0000

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2210.0086%9%5%