Question
Douglass Adair argued that this essay’s “most amazing political prophecy” was actually taken from Hume’s “Parties in General.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this essay that Charles Beard read as a “masterly statement of the theory of economic determinism.” This Federalist paper by James Madison claims that only republics can ward off the threat of factions.
ANSWER: Federalist No. 10 [or the Tenth Federalist Paper]
[10m] Adair’s “The Tenth Federalist Revisited” criticizes Beard for using support for this doctrine as a yardstick for conservatism. Hamilton’s Federalist No. 78 advanced this doctrine to empower a group that has neither the “sword” nor the “purse.”
ANSWER: judicial review [or judicial control; prompt on judicial activism]
[10h] Adair’s paper critiques this student of Beard’s. Lionel Trilling’s “Reality in America” damaged the reputation of this historian, who coined the “great barbecue” metaphor for Gilded Age federal largesse and wrote Main Currents in American Thought.
ANSWER: Vernon Louis Parrington
<AK/JB, American History>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 14.17 | 92% | 25% | 25% |