Round 11: Tossup 6

This event is the subject of a book by H. W. Brands on the “New American Dream.” 150 Wintu people were killed during this event in the Bridge Gulch massacre. (10[1])Cornelius Vanderbilt’s Accessory Transit Company began operating in Nicaragua during this event. The Fugitive Slave Act was passed following this event in exchange for its location’s admission to the Union. (-5[1])This event (-5[2])was caused (-5[1])by a discovery by John Marshall on land owned by (10[1])Swiss-American businessman John Sutter. Tens of thousands of “forty-niners” (10[1])travelled to participate in this event. (10[1])For 10 points, name this event in which prospectors flocked to a Western state in search of a precious metal. ■END■ (10[3])

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