You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
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Question: Category: GEORGIA FACTS 
Clue: In 1793 he invented the cotton gin in Georgia

Answer: eli whitney


Question: Category: ON THE COAST 
Clue: A 19th c. "Committee of Vigilance" fought the crime that gave part of San Francisco this North Africa-inspired nickname

Answer: the barbary coast


Question: Category: LITERARY HODGEPODGE 
Clue: Revolutionary Sergey Nechayev was the model for Peter Verkhovensky in his novel "The Possessed"

Answer:
fyodor dostoevsky