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In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
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A major development of this historical event was the publication of letters written to Henry McComb. It began when Thomas Durant and other stockholders organized a company under an existing charter which soon assigned contracts to seven trustees. The reputations of congressmen James Brooks and James Patterson and Vice President Schulyer Colfax were ruined when it was revealed that they had been given stock in a company run by Oakes Ames. FTP, what was this scandal involving a scheme surrounding the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad
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History


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man angered Isabella de l'Anguileme when he named his brother as the Comte de Poitou. He won a battle against Henry III and the Comte de la Marche before negotiating a truce with Hugh of Lusignan at Taillebourg Bridge. John of Ibelin helped this man to push Fakhr ad-Din to Damietta in his most famous initiative, which later saw the arrival of Alfonso of Poitou at Cairo. He was captured at the Battle of Farsikur during a war that he fought alongside his brother, Robert of Artois. This son of Blanche of Castille and was the leader of the Seventh Crusade. For 10 points, name this ruler from 1226 to 1270, the only French king to be canonized.
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History


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The Pindus Mountains in this country are home to six monasteries built on sandstone rock pillars known collectively as the Meteora. "The Gates" is a four-meter wide passage in this country's Samaria Gorge, which lies on the same island as the city of Heraklion. Its Thracian city of (*) Thessaloniki is the capital of a region that shares its name with this country's northern neighbor. Corfu is among its islands in the Ionian Sea. The Propylaea, the Erechtheion, and the Parthenon are among the ancient structures atop the Acropolis in this country's capital. For ten points, identify this country at the tip of the Balkan Peninsula, with capital at Athens.
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Social Science