why is neveda called the silver state?

Answer 1

Because of all the silver mines there.

"Nevada is referred to as "The Silver State" because of its rich silver resources. Silver was the primary mineral mined in Nevada when it was admitted to the union in 1864. Nevada produced about 30% of all the silver mined in the United States in 1999. Nevada license plates began to carry the legend, "The Silver State," in the early 1980s."

Answer 2

Toss the Ten to Laura she has the most coherent reply - - - one of the miracles of American Civilization is that FREE Men wanted to dig for Silver - - - it is amazing but true that when a few Southerners tried to mine Gold using ***** Slaves they were driven out and again in Nevada or rather the small chunk around Virginia City. Another amazing fact - - - The Original Territory and then State of Nevada was less than half of what it is today. It is one of the few states that grew mostly at the expense, literally, of Utah. Several times when new mining regions were opened up in Utah Territory, Federal Authorities made a big noise about Nevada's ability to handle mining properly, law & such, and wittled down Utah Territory. Can you imagine going to Las Vegas Utah. The Mormoms were among the first to TRY to live on The Las Vegas meadows & springs, they left. Years later the tip of Nevada was hewn from Arizona and Utah Territory.

Answer 3

The silver out of the Virginia City Comstock Lode financed the North during the Civil War. Without the financing, the north would've been in bad shape, Nevada was one of the few if not only territory that was allowed into the Union without the necessary population to qualify as a state, solely based on the silver bullion in Virginia City.

Yes, but even tho the north was getting the silver prior to the war, the south was also making a push to make it a State, the north beat them to the punch.

Answer 4

efw is only PARTLY right. Yes, the rush to make Nevada a state was likely influenced by its silver mines, though note that it was already a US territory and the North used its silver long before it became a state.

The OTHER, perhaps BIGGER reason, which Nevadans themselves seem sadly to have missed or forgotten, was that Lincoln was working VERY hard to get the 13th amendment passed by Congress as well as to line up support in the states for the 3/4 needed to ratify it. He pushed for Nevada statehood to gain added votes for this effort.

As War Department official Charles A. Dana wrote:
"In order thus to amend the Constitution, it was necessary first to have the proposed amendment approved by three-fourths of the States. When that question came to be considered, the issue was seen to be so close that one State more was necessary. The State of Nevada was organized and admitted into the Union to answer that purpose. I have sometimes heard people complain of Nevada as superfluous and petty, not big enough to be a State; but when I hear that complaint, I always hear Abraham Lincoln saying, 'It is easier to admit Nevada than to raise another million of soldiers.'"
http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=56&subjectID=3

Answer 5

Because of the rich silver mines like the Comstock that the area produced. Nevada's silver mines financed the Civil War.

Answer 6

A silver strike in Carson City is what brought people to Nevada. There was a silver rush, just like the gold rush in California.

Answer 7

Nevada was famous during the late 19th century for its silver mines, and as far as I know, they're still ore-bearing today.

Answer 8

Because silver was discovered there and has been mined there for a long time.

Answer 9

Silver mining was a major industry there.

Answer 10

Carson City, for one. They even had their own mint for a while.