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.

Q: 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

A: History
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Q: This city contains the Mexican neighborhood of Olvera Street. Three inclined hovertrains in this city's Brentwood neighborhood can be used to access its Getty Center. Panoramic views from this city can be seen from Griffith Observatory and along Mulholland Drive. Prehistoric animals trapped the (*) La Brea Tar Pits can be found in this city, which is home to a building constructed of twisted metal sheets designed by Frank Gehry. In addition to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, this city contains Grauman's Chinese Theater in its most famous neighborhood. For ten points, identify this California city home to Hollywood.

A: Social Science
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Q: This man's government withdrew recognition from a government that would be defeated at the Second Battle of Rivas by Costa Ricans and mercenaries supported by Cornelius Vanderbilt. Deliberations held in Belgium would prove embarrassing to him, and this man's Secretary of War would go on to serve in a higher office for another country. One piece of legislation that he signed was designed to open up land for a continental railroad, but the aftermath of the signing saw Preston Brooks' caning of Charles Sumner as well as the Pottawatomie Massacre. Who is this man, who appointed Jefferson Davis to his cabinet, and, for 10 points, presided over the drafting of a document stating plans to annex Cuba, the Ostend Manifesto, signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and lost the 1856 Democratic nomination to James Buchanan

A:
History
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