Question

A lithograph by Edward Williams Clay depicts this institution as a collapsing temple and its leader as a devil running away from a removal notice. In a “narrative and correspondence,” William Duane justified his decision not to undermine this institution, which led to him being fired. William (-5[1])Jones resigned as the first president of this institution and was replaced by Langdon Cheves. (10[1])The head of (-5[1])this institution wears a top hat that says “Penn” in a cartoon depicting this institution as a “many-headed (-5[2])monster.” (10[1]0[1])The Supreme Court ruled that states could not tax this institution in McCulloch v. Maryland. (10[1])Nicholas Biddle led this institution during a so-called “war” (-5[1])where Andrew Jackson attempted to shut it down. For 10 (10[1])points, name this early 19th-century American financial institution. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Second Bank of the United States [accept the Second National Bank of the United States; prompt on Bank of the United States; prompt on national bank]
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y978%0%56%105.14

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Max HauslerVassarYale A46-5
Albert ZhangColumbia ACornell C6110
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BPenn A64-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU APrinceton A82-5
Ashish KumbhardareRowan ANYU B82-5
Cooper RohColumbia BRutgers A8310
Karsten RynearsonYale AVassar830
Arjun BothraHaverfordPrinceton B9810
Chenyao LiuPenn BYale C107-5
Omar MahmoodNYU BRowan A11710
Austin GuoPrinceton ANYU A12510
Cyrus HodgsonBard AColumbia C1260
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ARutgers B12610
Yixi YangYale CPenn B12610