Packet 10: Bonus 19

The town of New Albany skyrocketed in population after Henry Miller Shreve captained the first steamboat to travel from New Orleans to this city. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this city that lends its name to a canal along with the town of Portland. It’s not Cincinnati, but the writings of George D. Prentice sparked a mob of Know-Nothings to attack Catholics in this city in 1855.
ANSWER: Louisville, Kentucky [accept the Louisville and Portland Canal]
[10m] That series of riots in Louisville was known by this adjective. A conflict known by this word is often considered to have begun when Franklin Coleman shot Charles Dow, sparking the Wakarusa War.
ANSWER: bloody [or bleeding; accept Bloody Monday or Bloody Kansas; accept Bleeding Kansas]
[10e] This politician frequently purchased bank stock in Louisville, where he was later buried. This general during the Mexican-American War was later elected president in 1848.
ANSWER: Zachary Taylor
<Editors, American History> | S. Playoffs 10 (Editors 10)

HeardPPBE %M %H %
817.50100%63%13%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago ANorthwestern A001010E
Georgia Tech CWashU001010E
HarvardNYU A0101020ME
Stanford AColumbia A0101020ME
Toronto AMaryland A001010E
UCLACambridge0101020ME
VirginiaPenn State0101020ME
Virginia TechUC Berkeley A10101030HME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓817.50100%63%13%