After the Discovery of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada

question 101

Multiple Choice

After the discovery of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada, experienced

• A) an orgy of speculation and building.
• B) an increase in the police force.
• C) a religious revival.
• D) an exodus of the female population to Reno.
• E) looting by mobs and random terrorist activity by snipers.

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