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Round 7: Tossup 9

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

ANSWER: steel industry [or steelmaking or steel manufacturing; prompt on metal or iron; prompt on manufacturing]
<Editors, American History> | Packet I
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
James XiaoToronto AToronto C2510
Michael XuMcMaster BToronto E67-5
Stephen OttewellToronto BMcMaster A6910
Henry SieglerToronto DWaterloo A70-5
Andrew LinToronto GGuelph A7810
Sicheng JiangToronto HBrock A81-5
Christina PopovQueen's AToronto F84-5
Sean GaoToronto EMcMaster B9610
Hafsa ShaikhToronto IMcMaster C10110
Noah ScattergoodBrock AToronto H10110
Samuel ZhengToronto FQueen's A10210
Adrian O'LearyWaterloo AToronto D10210
Aris AntonWaterloo CWaterloo B1020
Zack WiffenWaterloo BWaterloo C1020

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%70.75
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%29%47.57
Eastern Canada (1)US580%60%82.00
Eastern Canada (2)US989%44%84.25
FloridaUS4100%0%65.75
Great LakesUS12100%8%42.08
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%69.22
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS2100%0%28.50
MidwestUS9100%22%56.11
NorthUS4100%0%44.75
NortheastUS1090%20%56.56
PacificUS888%50%65.57
South CentralUS7100%14%69.43
SoutheastUS13100%15%57.31
Upstate NYUS5100%20%60.40