steel industry - 2025 ACF Fall

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A “Little” strike in this industry led to the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre in Chicago. The Supreme Court blocked the Truman administration’s (10[2])attempt (10[2]-5[1])to seize (10[1])properties (10[9])in (10[1])this industry (10[4])in the (10[1])Youngstown (10[1])case. (10[6])Alexander Berkman was arrested (10[1]-5[1])for (10[1])attempting (-5[1])to stab (10[1]-5[2])an executive (10[2])in this industry, (10[3])Henry Clay Frick. (10[5]-5[2])A (10[1])businessman (10[3]-5[1])in this (10[1]-5[1])industry (10[3])who (-5[1])funded the American Anti-Imperialist League (10[2])described the duties of philanthropy (10[1])in (-5[1])“The Gospel (10[4]-5[1])of Wealth.” (10[8])Pinkerton (10[4]-5[1])agents (10[3]-5[1])engaged in a shootout (10[1]-5[2])with striking (10[1])workers (10[1]-5[1])in this industry (-5[2])in Homestead, (-5[1])Pennsylvania. (10[1]-5[3])For 10 points, (10[1])Pittsburgh (10[2])was a center (10[1])for (10[1])what (10[1])industry (10[2])in which (10[1])Andrew Carnegie became a billionaire? (10[3])■END■ (10[11]0[4])

ANSWER: steel industry [or steelmaking or steel manufacturing; prompt on metal or iron; prompt on manufacturing]

<Editors, American History>

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UC Irvine	21	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Michigan State C	21	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	22	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	22	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	22	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	24	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Toronto C	25	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Louisville B	25	10
Molly Krallman	Louisville C	Ohio State D	25	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Michigan State D	25	10
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Rutgers A	25	10
Will Demos	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	25	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	25	10
Brooks Phillips	Auburn A	Auburn B	25	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	25	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Canada	26	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	Claremont B	28	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	28	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	28	10
Connor Yu	Cornell C	RIT A	28	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	Purdue A	30	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Ohio State B	31	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	32	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Michigan D	32	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	32	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	WashU Grolars	32	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Amherst A	32	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Texas	32	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	CWRU B	36	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Harvard	36	-5
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	37	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	38	-5
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	40	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Arizona State A	40	-5
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	40	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	42	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Alabama A	42	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Michigan State A	45	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	45	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	45	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UCSD B	48	-5
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Kentucky	48	-5
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Blue	48	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	48	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Alberta A	48	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Clemson C	48	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	48	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	49	10
Andy Campbell	VCU A	UNC B	50	-5
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	50	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Tufts C	50	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	RIT B	50	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Brown B	52	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	52	-5
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	53	10
Jacob Schildkraut	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	53	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton C	53	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	54	-5
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia A	59	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Iowa State	59	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Michigan A	64	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa D	65	-5
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto E	67	-5
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU A	67	10
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	Boston College A	67	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	UConn A	67	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	67	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	69	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	69	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	McMaster A	69	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida Tech A	69	10
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Ohio State C	69	10
David Ropp	Duke A	Liberty A	69	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	Liberty C	69	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	69	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Waterloo A	70	-5
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Iowa B	70	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	70	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	70	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Rochester	70	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	71	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	71	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	71	-5
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	71	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC A	75	-5
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill A	75	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Chicago A	75	-5
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	77	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Guelph A	78	10
Aaron Wang	Cornell A	ESF	78	-5
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	81	-5
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Brock A	81	-5
Jacky Li	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	83	-5
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	84	-5
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Toronto F	84	-5
Summer Solis	JMU B	Liberty B	84	-5
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	84	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville D	87	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCLA C	88	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	88	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida State A	91	10
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	92	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	JMU B	93	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington State	94	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	94	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster B	96	10
Hafsa Shaikh	Toronto I	McMaster C	101	10
Noah Scattergood	Brock A	Toronto H	101	10
Hannah Bickom	ESF	Cornell A	101	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UCLA A	102	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Carleton A	102	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	McGill E	102	0
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	102	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Queen's A	102	10
Adrian O'Leary	Waterloo A	Toronto D	102	10
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	102	0
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	102	0
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	VCU A	102	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Iowa A	102	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	102	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	102	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Arizona State B	102	0
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	102	10
Barkot Belay	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	102	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	70.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	47.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	60%	82.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	44%	84.25
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	65.75
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	8%	42.08
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	69.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	28.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	56.11
North	US	4	100%	0%	44.75
Northeast	US	10	90%	20%	56.56
Pacific	US	8	88%	50%	65.57
Southeast	US	13	100%	15%	57.31
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	60.40