Quizbowl US Figures/Politicians/Generals I

“corrupt bargain”

Henry Clay

Charlotte Dupuy sued over slavery

Henry Clay

President of American Colonization Society

Henry Clay

Tariff of 1816

Henry Clay

Challenged John Randolph to duel

Henry Clay

Ran w/ Theodore Frelinghuysen

Henry Clay

“American System”

Henry Clay

Defended Aaron Burr from treason charges

Henry Clay

Duel w/ Humphrey Marshall

Henry Clay

Great Triumvirate w/ Webster and Calhoun

Henry Clay

Speaker of the House under JQA

Henry Clay

Andrew Jackson claimed he regretted he could not shoot ___

Henry Clay

Wrote Raleigh Letter

Henry Clay

Advocated Maysville Road

Henry Clay

Lost 1832 election to Andrew Jackson

Henry Clay

Did not send delegates to Congress of Panama

Henry Clay

Succeeded in post by Langdon Cheves

Henry Clay

Negotiated Treaty of Ghent

Henry Clay

Established Liberia

Henry Clay

Proposed Second Bank of the United States

Henry Clay

Burr Conspiracy

Henry Clay

Replaced Senator Buckner Thurston

Henry Clay

claimed he would “rather be right than be president”

Henry Clay

Tariff of 1833

Henry Clay

Lost 1844 election

Henry Clay

“Infant School”

Henry Clay

Black Tariff

Henry Clay

7th of March Speech

Daniel Webster

Dartmouth v. Woodward

Daniel Webster

Great Triumvirate (Whig)

Daniel Webster

Webster-Ashburton treaty

Daniel Webster

upheld the Compromise of 1850

Daniel Webster

Nominated for 1852 Know Nothing Party

Daniel Webster

Syracuse Speech

Daniel Webster

“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable”

Daniel Webster

Metaphor of mariner on “unknown sea” in speech

Daniel Webster

Rebuttal to Robert Hayne

Daniel Webster

Rockingham Memorial

Daniel Webster

Only appeared on Massachusetts ballot in 1836

Daniel Webster

Only person not to resign from Tyler’s Cabinet

Daniel Webster

Replaced on ballot w/ Jacob Broom

Daniel Webster

Cohens v. Virginia

Daniel Webster

Plymouth Oration

Daniel Webster

Formed border w/ Maine

Daniel Webster

Hulsemann Letter

Daniel Webster

Harbored Lajos Kossuth in exile

Daniel Webster

Resolved Aroostook War

Daniel Webster

“a law cannot exceed the authority of the lawgiver”

Daniel Webster

Mediated Caroline Affair

Daniel Webster

McCulloch v. Maryland

Daniel Webster

Supported Compromise of 1850

Daniel Webster

Gibbons v. Ogden

Daniel Webster

“Prince of Peace” Speech

William Jennings Bryan

Newspaper “The Commoner”

William Jennings Bryan

Ran with Thomas Watson

William Jennings Bryan

Ran with John Kern

William Jennings Bryan

“Flag of an Empire” speech

William Jennings Bryan

“Cross of Gold” speech

William Jennings Bryan

Major Nebraskan Populist party candidate

William Jennings Bryan

“You shall not press down on the brow of labor this crown of thorns”

William Jennings Bryan

Campaign aide W. H. Harvey

William Jennings Bryan

16 to 1 weight ratio

William Jennings Bryan

Defeated in election by Mark Hanna

William Jennings Bryan

Defeated in election by John Palmer

William Jennings Bryan

Defeated in 1896 election by William McKinley

William Jennings Bryan

Defeated in 1912 election by William Howard Taft

William Jennings Bryan

Established Permanent International Commission as Secretary of State

William Jennings Bryan

Resigned after Lusitania was sunk

William Jennings Bryan

Main antagonist of Scopes Trial

William Jennings Bryan

Prevented Champ Clark from receiving presidential nomination

William Jennings Bryan

Ran with Arthur Sewall

William Jennings Bryan

Lobbied for first peacetime federal income tax

William Jennings Bryan

Lost to “front porch campaign”

William Jennings Bryan

“You will not crucify mankind on”

William Jennings Bryan

Negotiated treaty for canal thru Nicaragua

William Jennings Bryan

Initially ran the World-Herald

William Jennings Bryan

“We need Andrew Jackson to stand”

William Jennings Bryan

National Democratic Party splintered to oppose ___

William Jennings Bryan

Chautauqua circuit

William Jennings Bryan

Treaty w/ Emiliano Chamorro

William Jennings Bryan

Replaced as Secretary of State by Robert Lansing

William Jennings Bryan

“Shall the People Rule?”

William Jennings Bryan

Youngest person to ever receive presidential nomination, at 36

William Jennings Bryan

Moved to Coconut Grove, Florida

William Jennings Bryan

Opposed annexation of Philippines due to failure of Bacon Resolution

William Jennings Bryan

Defended the Butler Act

William Jennings Bryan

Political cartoon shows ___ w/ red cape standing on Bible w/ oversized cross

William Jennings Bryan

“Christ taught that our lives are precious in the sight of God”

William Jennings Bryan

Nominated over Richard Bland

William Jennings Bryan

“The Value of an Ideal” speech

William Jennings Bryan

Proponent of Harrison Narcotics Tax Act

William Jennings Bryan

“Money” and “tariff” questions

William Jennings Bryan

“Father of the United Nations”

Cordell Hull

1945 Nobel Peace Prize

Cordell Hull

note to Japan

Cordell Hull

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Henry Kissinger

“détente” policy

Henry Kissinger

“shuttle diplomacy”

Henry Kissinger

Negotiated w/ Eduard de Stoecki

William Seward

Defeated William Marcy in election

William Seward