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Packet 4: Bonus 11

In his “Second Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions,” this man claimed that the patent system “added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this man who was inspired by the grounding of the steamboat Canada to patent an invention that buoys vessels over shoals.
ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln
[10e] Lincoln delivered his lectures on “Discoveries and Inventions” while campaigning against this politician, who outlined his “Freeport Doctrine” in one of seven debates against Lincoln.
ANSWER: Stephen Douglas [or Stephen Arnold Douglas; accept the Lincoln–Douglas debates]
[10m] John Henry Manny initially hired Lincoln, then replaced him with Edwin Stanton, to deliver the closing statement in a patent case centered on this device. The inventor of this device founded a company that eventually developed into the IHC.
ANSWER: mechanical reaper [or reaping machine] (The inventor of the reaper was Cyrus McCormick.)
<Harvard, American History> | D. Prelims 4 - Toronto B + Harvard + Michigan + Minnesota

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British ColumbiaColumbia A010010E
BruinChicago B0101020EM
Columbia BNYU B010010E
CornellMaryland A010010E
Georgia Tech ASwarthmore010010E
Georgia Tech BPenn State010010E
Illinois ANorthwestern B010010E
Illinois BGeorgia Tech C010010E
Johns HopkinsBrown010010E
NYU AVanderbilt0101020EM
Northwestern AStanford A010010E
Ohio StateGeorgetown010010E
PittsburghIndiana010010E
TexasWashU010010E
UC Berkeley ANorth Carolina10101030HEM
UC Berkeley BStanford B0101020EM
UCFCambridge010010E
UCLAToronto A010010E
VirginiaRutgers010010E
Virginia TechMaryland B010010E
WaterlooMIT010010E

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Main Site2026-04-17✓2112.38100%19%5%