After the discovery of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada, experienced
A) an orgy of speculation and building.
B) an increase in the police force.
C) a religious revival.
D) an exodus of the female population to Reno.
E) looting by mobs and random terrorist activity by snipers.
A
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. lay investiture
What will be an ideal response?
What happened to James Hamlet after he was arrested by U.S. marshals in New York?
A) He was jailed and lynched. B) He was eventually reunited with his family. C) He was sold into slavery in Mississippi. D) He was killed while trying to escape his captors.
Before the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Army’s four black units had been used primarily
a. in the occupation of Pacific islands. b. as personal servants to high-ranking white officers. c. to protect the civil rights of southern blacks from white supremacist terror. d. in the Indian wars of the West.