Packet G: Tossup 2

A politician from this state introduced the Early Childhood Education Act and became the first woman Democrat to issue a televised response to the State of the Union. (-5[1])The ILWU (-5[2])supported a senator from this state to serve (-5[1])alongside (-5[1])Oren Long; that senator (10[1])from this state was succeeded (-5[1])by a politician (-5[1])who took the name “Spark.” A politician (-5[2])from this (-5[1])state was said to “answer Vietnam with that empty sleeve,” referring (10[1])to how he lost (10[1])his arm (10[1])with the 442nd (10[3])Infantry (10[2])Regiment. (10[8])In the 1964 (10[3]-5[2])election, (10[1])a senator from this state named (-5[1])Hiram (-5[1])Fong was the first (10[2])Asian American (10[4])to receive (10[3])delegate (10[1])votes. (10[1])Patsy Mink (10[1])served this (10[1])state, (10[1]-5[1])home to a (10[1])senator (10[3])who succeeded Robert Byrd as (10[1])President pro tempore, (-5[3])Daniel (-5[1])Inouye. (10[10])For 10 (10[2])points, (10[2]-5[1])name this state where (10[1])Inouye gave a keynote address (10[1])defining “Aloha.” (10[3])■END■ (10[20])

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