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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 (15[1])as a Manhattan water supply (15[1])company to (15[1])get around restrictions on them. One of these institutions depicted as a “many-headed monster” (15[1])was led by Langdon Cheves (15[1])during a case (15[1])where John Marshall declared that (*) “the power to tax is the power to destroy.” Nicholas Biddle led one of these institutions contrasted with “wildcat” and “pet” ones targeted by the Specie Circular. For 10 points, Andrew Jackson vetoed the charter for the second national one of what institutions that loan credit and store money? ■END■

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
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Adhrit YadavLambert AMidtown2115
Edward KimJohns CreekChattahoochee B2615
Vennela ReddyLambert BNorthview B2815
Chris HolderExhibitionInnovation B4215
Shaun IyerInnovation ANorthview A4715
Krish NathanHooverChattahoochee A5015

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