Round 12: 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. Cornelius Vanderbilt’s (10[1])Accessory Transit Company began operating in Nicaragua during this event. The Fugitive Slave Act was passed following this (-5[1])event in exchange for its location’s admission to the Union. (10[1]-5[6])This (-5[1])event (0[1])was caused by a discovery by John Marshall (10[1])on land owned by (10[1])Swiss-American businessman John Sutter. Tens of thousands of “forty-niners” travelled to participate (10[1])in this event. For 10 points, name this event in which prospectors flocked to a Western state in search of a precious metal. ■END■ (10[6])

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