Geography. geography is further divided into various sub branches are human geography, physical geography and environmental geography
They needed to keep their slaves otherwise it would have put them in serious debt and they would need to do the work themselves which was a lot due to the south was the biggest cotton producer in the world but, the north didn't want them to have slaves.
The first group to travel overland to California as a wagon train was the Bidwell- Bartleson group in 1841. The trail lost popularity in 1869 with the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, which made the trip more affordable and quicker.
Between 3 and 6 months