-What Made the Content of the 1883 Railroad Promotional Poster

question 10

Multiple Choice

-What made the content of the 1883 railroad promotional poster "California, Cornucopia of the World" ironic?

• A) The poster advertised a healthy climate, yet California experienced severe epidemics during this time.
• B) The poster welcomed immigrants, yet California successfully lobbied Congress to bar Chinese immigration.
• C) The land promoted in this poster had been illegally acquired by the railroad from the federal government.
• D) The weather in California was actually more conducive to cyclones and blizzards than it was in the Great Plains.

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