By the 1850s, San Francisco

question 33

Multiple Choice

By the 1850s, San Francisco

• A) had lost its pre-eminence to new metropolitan centers in California.
• B) was merely a small rural settlement.
• C) enjoyed prosperity almost exclusively due to the cotton trade.
• D) had become the West Coast gateway to the interior.

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