It was Bolsheviks (I am not sure if I remember correctly but it should mean something like "majority" but I am not 100% sure).
"As a result of some former Confederate states' refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment,"
Possible answer = Congress established military rule in the South.
Im guessing so they can have fun. There isn't a real answer for this because the person that created the games is no longer alive. But i think they wanted to have fun and they liked to do it. They probably practiced for it like they do today in the Olympics they do right now.<span />