Completed in 1856, California's first railroad ran 22 miles between Sacramento & this prison city
After his 1859 hanging, Civil War troops sang of this abolitionist's body "mouldering in the grave"
In 1913 the 16th Amendment was passed allowing Congress to collect taxes on this
Plessy vs. Ferguson, which upheld segregation, was overturned by this 1954 case
During WWII America won its 1st major victory over Japan in this naval battle, about 1,200 miles from Hawaii
Bushrod, the favorite nephew of this president, became a Supreme Court justice in 1798
I've had it "on my mind" that this state has joined the Union 3 times, in 1788, 1868 & 1870
A federal law from 1950 prohibited the labeling of colored oleo as this
The Dept. of Agriculture began a new version of this program in 1964; by 1975 it was helping over 17 million people
This commodore became a friend to Japan in 1854, showing them the telegraph & a daguerreotype camera