American miners and mining companies typically moved in a(n) ________ direction after the 1850s.

A. eastward
B. westward
C. southward
D. northward


Answer: A

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a. Chiefdom. b. Republic. c. Kingdom. d. Client-state.

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A) introduction of the horse. B) destruction of the buffalo. C) blizzard of 1873. D) whites' superior military training.

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