Packet 3: Tossup 4

A president of this country violated a UN embargo by smuggling weapons to a (emphasize) nearby country’s Revolutionary United Front. In this (15[1])country, Samuel (-5[1])Doe was (15[2])overthrown (15[1])by (15[2])Charles (15[1])Taylor during (15[1])a (15[2])1990s civil war. A former president of this country was expelled from the Unity Party for refusing to (-5[1])endorse Joseph Boakai over a soccer star. In this country, (*) George (10[4])Weah succeeded the first female head of state in Africa, Ellen (10[1])Johnson Sirleaf. The (10[1])True Whig Party long governed this country, whose (10[1])existence was advocated by the (10[1])American (10[1])Colonization (10[3])Society. For 10 points, free (10[2])African-Americans founded what African country with capital Monrovia? (10[2])■END■

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