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Round 8: 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 in (10[1])this industry in the (10[1])Youngstown case. (10[1])Alexander Berkman was arrested for attempting to stab an executive in this industry, (10[1])Henry Clay Frick. (10[1])A businessman (10[1])in this industry who (-5[1])funded the American Anti-Imperialist League described the duties of philanthropy in “The Gospel of Wealth.” Pinkerton (10[1])agents engaged in a shootout (-5[1])with striking workers in this industry in Homestead, Pennsylvania. For 10 points, Pittsburgh was a center for what industry in which Andrew Carnegie became a billionaire? ■END■ (10[2])

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

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Trenton BurgessIndiana AIllinois Canada2610
Lily HughbanksPurdue CPurdue A3010
Ethan EnochianPurdue DWashU Grolars3210
Austin TranRose-Hulman AWilliam Woods University A4510
William HenleyIllinois ChampaignIllinois Blue4810
Elizabeth BowlingIndiana BWashU Grizzlers5010
Samarth MajmudarIllinois UrbanaChicago B54-5
Beckett PurseyPurdue BIowa B7010
Owen AshbrookIowa AChicago A75-5
Saswat Sasha TripathiChicago AIowa A10210
Tishe SonugaChicago BIllinois Urbana10210

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