History Bowl 100 Questions with Correct Solutions

Mali Empire correct answer: This state obtained the gold-rich areas of Bambuk and Bondu and destroyed Kumbi, after growing from victory at the Battle of Kirina against the harsh Susu chief Sumanguru. Starting as the state of Kangaba, it later absorbed the trading center of Gao and the Taghaza salt deposits, and in its decline it saw the Tuaregs take Timbuktu. For 10 points, name this West African trading empire of the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, led by Mansa Musa and sharing its name with a modern-day nation. Stanley Milgram correct answer: His most famous finding was repeated by Charles Holfing in a hospital setup involving the drug Astroten, and this man supervised breachings asking able-bodied people to give up seats in New York subways. He planted sealed envelopes in public, his "lost letters", and [*] his small world experiment led to the phrase "six degrees of separation". His most famous experiment involved the learning of associated words, and was inspired by the Eichmann trial. For 10 points, name this Yale psychologist who observed obedience to authority by finding that 65 percent of people would eventually administer 450-volt shocks. New Deal correct answer: Smedley Butler uncovered a planned response to this initiative, the Business Plot, while Rexford Tugwell spearheaded its greenbelt towns. Its opponents included the "Four Horsemen," and it was furthered by Frances Perkins, the first female Cabinet official. Part of this agenda was struck down in Schecter Poultry v. US, the "sick chicken case," ending an agency which used a blue eagle symbol. The labor-strengthening Wagner Act was part of this initiative along with the bank-strengthening FDIC and building-repairing WPA. For 10 points, name this set of government-expanding economic reforms, aimed at alleviating the Great Depression under Franklin Roosevelt. Battle of Antietam correct answer: Much of the fighting in this battle was centered around Dunker's Church and Miller's cornfield. John Bell Hood led a Texas brigade that pushed back Joseph Hooker in this battle. During this engagement, Ambrose Burnside captured and held a stone bridge, and many soldiers were killed in a sunken road in this battle's so-called "Bloody Lane." This battle lead to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and is sometimes called the Battle of Sharpsburg. For 10 points, identify this September 1862 battle fought in Maryland, the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.