-What Made the Content of the 1883 Railroad Promotional Poster

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.