Statistics for U.S. History by Year, 1840-1859

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1849	Thousands travel to California after hearing of the discovery of this	Gold	97%
1848	The U.S. gains much of the Southwest after winning a war against this country	Mexico	97%
1855	Millions of immigrants come to the U.S. to flee famine in this country	Ireland	95%
1854	This modern political party is founded in Ripon, Wisconsin	{Republican} Party	95%
1842	The Webster-Ashburton Treaty defines the border with this modern day country	Canada	94%
1847	Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young establish this city out West	Salt Lake City	94%
1845	The United States annexes this country and admits it as the 28th state	Texas	94%
1844	Samuel Morse instantly sends a message from D.C. to Baltimore with this device	Telegraph	93%
1850	Harriet Tubman becomes a "conductor" on this "railroad"	{Underground} Railroad	93%
1858	This politician debates Stephen Douglas seven times in the race for Illinois' Senate seat	Abraham Lincoln	90%
1851	This popular newspaper is founded in Midtown Manhattan	The New York Times	89%
1840	Charles Wilkes circumnavigates this continent, claiming a portion for the U.S.	Antarctica	83%
1843	This Baltimore poet publishes "The Tell-Tale Heart"	Edgar Allan Poe	83%
1853	Commodore Matthew Perry arrives in this country, requesting for it to open trade	Japan	81%
1841	This president dies in office after only serving for one month	William Henry Harrison	80%
1859	This man leads a failed raid on Harpers Ferry hoping to start a slave rebellion	John Brown	77%
1852	This author publishes 'Uncle Tom's Cabin"	Harriet Beecher Stowe	75%
1846	This "party" gets stranded in the Sierra Nevada, resorting to cannibalism	{Donner} Party	70%
1856	Abolitionist towns in Kansas are attacked by pro-slavery forces as a part of this conflict	{Bleeding} Kansas	60%
1857	The Supreme Court rules that African Americans aren't citizens in this case	{Dred} {Scott} v. Sanford	54%