Why did many Americans in the 1840's want to make California a state?

a) To sell Native Americans into slavery

b) To abolish Spanish missions

c) To build ports on the Pacific Coast

Interest groups are protected by the first amendment guarantees of petition and what other freedom?

Who coined the phrase “go west and grow with the country”?

Who was the washington lawyer who watched the bombardment of fort mchenry from a british ship and wrote a poem about it? a. francis scott key b. benjamin banneker c. william clark d. zebulon pike