The Enormous Mineral Wealth Taken from the Mining Frontier

question 75

Multiple Choice

The enormous mineral wealth taken from the mining frontier

• A) was the fundamental cause of the Indian wars.
• B) solved the currency problem.
• C) led to strong federal government involvement in the West.
• D) profited individual prospectors but not corporations.
• E) helped to finance the Civil War.

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