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Round 10: Tossup 13

An Anas denounced the creation of one of these institutions later purchased by Stephen Girard. Aaron Burr disguised one of these institutions as a Manhattan water supply company to get around restrictions on them. One of these institutions depicted as a “many-headed monster” was led by Langdon Cheves during a case where John Marshall declared that (*) “the power to tax is the power to destroy.” (10[1])Nicholas Biddle led one of these institutions contrasted with “wildcat” and “pet” ones targeted (-5[1])by the Specie Circular. (10[1])For 10 points, Andrew Jackson vetoed the charter for the second national one of what institutions that loan credit and store money? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: banks [accept banking; accept national banks; accept First Bank of the United States or Second Bank of the United States; accept wildcat banks or pet banks; prompt on creditors or lenders or depositors; reject “Federal Reserve” or “Fed” or “Federal Reserve Bank”]
<History - American, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 10
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Zhangir SatzhanovBirmingham AWarperial6410
Elouise FinchOxfordSouthperial78-5
Charlie NichollsCambridgeSouthampton8210
Dan MillingtonBirmingham BBath10510
Mata CooperSouthperialOxford10510

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%100%0%35.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%0%33%74.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%50%25%65.75
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%20%40%71.40
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%67%0%55.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%0%25%89.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓4100%50%25%56.50
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓1100%100%0%46.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%75%25%54.00