In this state, Socialist CIO leader Powers Hapgood instigated the Lewiston-Auburn Shoe Strike. The general tasked by Grant to officially accept the Confederate surrender at Appomattox hailed from this state. Its 20th regiment played a critical role in protecting the Union line on Little Round Top under the command of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain during the Battle of Gettysburg. A war about this state's border was resolved by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty and was called the Aroostook War. James Blaine was mocked as a "continental liar" from this state. For 10 points, name
In this state, Socialist CIO leader Powers Hapgood instigated the Lewiston-Auburn Shoe Strike. The general tasked by Grant to officially accept the Confederate surrender at Appomattox hailed from this state. Its 20th regiment played a critical role in protecting the Union line on Little Round Top under the command of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain during the Battle of Gettysburg. A war about this state's border was resolved by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty and was called the Aroostook War. James Blaine was mocked as a "continental liar" from this state. For 10 points, name this New England state, the namesake of the ship whose explosion set off the Spanish-American War.
In this state, Socialist CIO leader Powers Hapgood instigated the Lewiston-Auburn Shoe Strike.
Maine