Aaron Burr by BarkerC

Champion(s):

gregariouschinchilla
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Runner(s)-Up:

arjavrawal
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Quiz Description

I won't make you wait for it. Given clues, name the following about the life of Vice President Aaron Burr.

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Questions:

Burr's father was the president of the College of New Jersey, (which would become Princeton) while his maternal grandfather was what noted Calvinist preacher from Connecticut. That grandfather died shortly after assuming the presidency of Princeton, a recurring theme among the first five men to hold the office.

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Jonathan Edwards

During the Revolutionary War, Burr was part of what Colonel's expedition to Quebec through the Maine wilderness that would eventually try to link up with General Richard Montgomery, who had taken Montreal?

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Benedict Arnold

During the 100-degree heat of what 1778 battle in New Jersey did Burr suffer from heat stroke while his regiment was decimated by British artillery?

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Monmouth

FIRST AND LAST NAME REQUIRED: In 1789, believing Burr had a 'real type of thing going down, gettin' down', what New York governor, the uncle of another NY governor who would become famous for a "big ditch", appointed Burr New York State Attorney General?

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George Clinton

In order to counter the power of the Federalist-backed Society of the Cincinnati, Burr helped turn what later infamous political machine into a force for Democratic-Republicans in New York City?

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The Tammany Society or Tammany Hall

Burr formed the Bank of the Manhattan Company (now a part of JPMorgan Chase) under the premise of providing what utility to the people of Manhattan, only to change the charter at the last minute to include banking, his original premise. (Burr is blamed for causing a malaria epidemic with the last minute switch.)

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(Drinking) Water (accept clear knowledge equivalents)

Burr lost the Presidency in 1800 when Federalist James Bayard of which state's Congressional delegation, submitted a blank ballot on the 36th ballot to finally give Thomas Jefferson the victory.

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Delaware

So, after The Duel, Burr did return to Washington, DC to, as Vice President, preside over the impeachment trial of what Federalist Supreme Court Justice, whose case and acquittal became a bellwether for the notions of judicial independence at the federal level?

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Samuel Chase

Burr's, um, expedition to the West and subsequent schemes were later betrayed by what co-conspirator, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army at New Orleans and Governor of the Louisiana Territory, who also happened to be a double agent for Spain.

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James Wilkinson

During Burr's federal trial in Richmond in 1807, Chief Justice John Marshall oversaw an acquittal in part because Article 3, Section 3 of the United States Constitution requires that what crime either be proved by an overt act witnessed by two people or admitted in open court?

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Treason

What 1863 story by Edward Everett Hale features fictional Burr co-conspirator, United States Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, compelled to live out the rest of his life imprisoned on U.S. Navy warships after a specific request at his treason trial.

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The Man Without a Country

What author's 1973 work Burr: A Novel is the first chronologically, (but second in publication order) in his Narratives of Empire series?

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Gore Vidal