Benchmark A and B
This invention cause an increase in the need for slave labor in the south
What is the cotton gin?
True or False: most people who went to California during the gold rush became rich
What is Manifest Destiny?
The U.S. government considered this to be the border between Mexico and the United States
What is the Rio Grande river?
Wishing Well, Robbery, Lucid Dreams
Who is Juice WRLD?
Wanting to join the Union as a slave state, this state created a massive debate in Congress
What is Missouri?
After the gold rush died down, many people stayed in California to do this
What is farming?
This crisis in the U.S. led many Americans to take the risk and head west along the Oregon trail
What is the economic depression?
The land located between where Mexico said the border was and where the United States said the border was is known as this
What is the disputed territory?
Don't Stop Me Now, Under Pressure, Somebody to Love
What is Queen?
This act passed by Congress in 1830 allowed the trail of tears to take place
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Many of the people who traveled to California during the gold rush were known as this nickname, due to the year they arrived
What is "Forty-niners"?
This religious group was among the first people to travel west along the Oregon trail
What are missionaries?
When U.S. troops marched on this city, the Mexican army had no choice but to surrender
What is Mexico City?
The Best is Yet to Come, Come Fly With Me, My Way
Who is Frank Sinatra?
In the corrupt bargain in the election of 1824, this man became secretary of state
Who is Henry Clay?
After 2 years, California had a big enough population to apply for statehood, officially becoming a state in this year
What is 1850?
This town was considered the starting point for the Oregon Trail
What is Independence, Missouri?
This is the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
What is the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
concert for aliens, forget me too, bloody valentine
Who is Machine Gun Kelly?
What is the right to vote?
This man's discovery of gold in California started the gold rush
Who is James Marshall?
Settlers along the Oregon trail had to travel this many miles to reach their destination
What is 2,000?
In an attempt to avoid a war altogether, President James K. Polk offered this amount of money to Mexico to settle the border argument
What is $30 million?
Lady May, Shake the Frost, Whitehouse Road
Who is Tyler Childers?