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Where was gold discovered in 1849?  It led to a huge influx of people in a very short period of time.

Which U.S. Army general was ordered by President Polk into the disputed portion of Texas/Mexico?

“54-50 or Fight” was the rallying cry for the annexation of which territory by the United States?

What was the importance of Seneca Falls, New York?

Match the person with the description.

The Anglo-American Convention of 1818 established ________________________________ as the boundary between the U.S. and Canada.

Which U.S. Supreme Court case is called the “National Bank” case?  In his written opinion, Chief Justice John Marshall declared that “the power to tax is the power to destroy.”

The southern climate and soil was very conducive to cotton production.  Which of the following states was not one of the primary producers of cotton?

By 1840, about what fraction of the U.S. population lived west of the Mississippi River?

Choose the sentence with the correct word order in each situation.