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A financier in this industry commissioned photographs of his horse Sallie Gardner, and collaborated with Collis Huntington and Mark Hopkins. Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops during an 1877 “Great Strike” in this (-5[1])industry. (15[1])Eugene Debs (15[1])was jailed for leading a strike of workers in this industry against the (*) Pullman Company. Leland Stanford was one of the founders of this industry’s Central Pacific company which along with Union Pacific completed a major project with a golden spike in Promontory Point, Utah. For 10 points, name this industry whose workers constructed a “transcontinental” project for accessible train travel. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: railroad Industry [accept railways or railroad; prompt on trains; prompt on train industry] (Sallie Gardner was Leland Stanford’s horse that Eadward Muybridge photographed.)
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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
Snowball Fight 21/11/2025Y3100%67%33%55.00
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y11100%91%0%35.18