What was significant about the Big Bonanza?
A) It made Henry Comstock the richest man in the world.
B) It was the largest wheat farm on the Great Plains.
C) It was discovered near Pike's Peak in California.
D) It was the richest discovery in the history of mining.
E) It indirectly led to an uprising of Sioux Indians.
Answer: D
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A) ideals. B) reality. C) sentimentality. D) morality.
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A. conservative reaction B. liberal reform C. radical reform D. the work of the Concert of Europe
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a. the Mexican War. b. cattle grazing. c. the end of the Civil War. d. the coming of railroads. e. statehood for California.
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A. starvation B. disease C. religious conversion D. war E. enslavement