What Enabled the Californios to Establish Large Cattle Ranches in California

question 114

Multiple Choice

What enabled the Californios to establish large cattle ranches in California?

• A) the collapse of native populations due to epidemic disease
• B) the American victory in the Mexican War
• C) the creation of railroad lines linking California and Chicago
• D) the dissolution of mission landholdings by the Mexican government
• E) the affordability of black slaves in Mexico-controlled California

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