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What Made Virginia City, Nevada, a Boomtown in the 1870s

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What made Virginia City, Nevada, a boomtown in the 1870s?


A) the influx of Texas cattle brought on the Long Drives
B) the discovery of the Big Bonanza, the largest silver vein ever found
C) the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad from California
D) the allocation of public lands through the Homestead Act

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