Statistics for 1840s Decade Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Crop that failed in Ireland, triggering the Great Famine	Potato	98%
Authors of "Manifesto of the Communist Party"	Karl Marx	93%
Independent republic that joined the U.S. as its 28th state	Texas	87%
What was discovered near Sutter's Mill in California	Gold	86%
Country the United States fought a war against, taking more than half its territory	Mexico	79%
Country which the UK annexed after signing the Treaty of Waitangi with Māori chiefs	New Zealand	78%
African country which was absorbed into the French state in 1848	Algeria	76%
Author who wrote about a repetitive raven that said "nevermore"	Edgar Allan Poe	75%
What Samuel Morse invented	Telegraph	69%
City founded by Brigham Young in 1847	Salt Lake City	68%
Substance that Charles Goodyear learned how to "vulcanize"	Rubber	67%
Who Queen Victoria married (they were first cousins)	Albert	60%
Author who wrote "Jane Eyre"	Charlotte Brontë	58%
Author of "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo"	Alexandre Dumas	55%
Authors of "Manifesto of the Communist Party"	Friedrich Engels	53%
Party of pioneers who resorted to cannibalism when stuck in the Sierra Nevada mountains	{Donner} Party	39%
"Empire" ruled by Dom Pedro II	Empire of Brazil	37%
The first message that was sent using that new device	What Hath God {Wrought}?	35%
Ruler who began his 67 year reign as Emperor of Austria	Franz Joseph	29%
Nickname of the year 1848	Year of {Revolution}	26%