The Comstock Lode Refers to a

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Multiple Choice

The Comstock Lode refers to a

• A) large reservation set aside for Native Americans in Texas.
• B) mining discovery of gold and silver in Nevada that was the most profitable at that point.
• C) black disenfranchisement plan promoted by southerners who moved West.
• D) cattle drive that ran through Ohio and ended in Wyoming.
• E) settlement in the Rockies that marked the end of territorial governments in the West.

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