California gold rush - Northeast

Round 9: Tossup 6

This event is the subject of a book by H. W. Brands on the “New American Dream.” 150 Wintu people were killed during this event in the Bridge Gulch massacre. Cornelius Vanderbilt’s Accessory Transit Company began operating in Nicaragua during this event. The Fugitive Slave Act (-5[1])was passed following (-5[1])this event in exchange for its location’s (-5[1])admission to the Union. (0[1]-5[3])This event was caused (-5[2])by a discovery by John Marshall (-5[1])on land (-5[1])owned by Swiss-American businessman John Sutter. Tens of thousands (10[2])of “forty-niners” travelled to participate (10[1])in this event. (10[4]0[1])For 10 points, name this event (10[1])in which (10[1])prospectors flocked to a Western state in search of a precious metal. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: California gold rush [or 1848 gold rush or 1849 gold rush; prompt on gold rush by asking “in what location or year?”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Brown A	45	-5
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Amherst B	48	-5
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston College B	55	-5
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	59	-5
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	Dartmouth A	59	-5
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	MIT A	59	-5
Malvin Tsetse	MIT A	Dartmouth B	59	0
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Amherst A	63	-5
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Dartmouth C	63	-5
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	69	-5
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Boston University A	71	-5
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Tufts B	80	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Vermont B	80	10
Salil Jain	Williams B	Boston College A	85	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Williams A	88	10
Nico Miller	Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	88	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	MIT B	88	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Vermont A	88	0
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Brandeis Beethoven	88	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Tufts A	94	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Tufts C	96	10
Bokei Thompson	Amherst B	Southern Connecticut State University A	109	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Southern California	US	7	100%	57%	85.57
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	22%	82.29
Great Lakes	US	12	92%	67%	88.27
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	6	100%	50%	93.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	67%	88.33
Midwest	US	9	100%	56%	86.44
Northeast	US	12	83%	83%	89.60
Pacific	US	9	89%	44%	83.50
Southeast	US	12	100%	33%	78.08
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	40%	88.60