What made Virginia City, Nevada, a boomtown in the 1870s?
A) the influx of Texas cattle brought on the Long Drives
B) the discovery of the Big Bonanza, the largest silver vein ever found
C) the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad from California
D) the allocation of public lands through the Homestead Act
B
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The ____________________ Revolution witnessed the mostly bloodless overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Shays's Rebellion was a response to
A) ?native groups who raided frontier settlements. B) ?a slave insurrection. C) ?British soldiers still stationed in the frontier. D) ?taxes levied by the Massachusetts legislature. E) ?state governments' refusal to pay veterans' pensions.
The preferred crop of many Bantu peoples was the a. yam
b. manioc. c. banana. d. beans. e. potato.
Select any four acts of Parliament and explain their effect on the colonies and the nature of the colonial objection to each.
What will be an ideal response?