The Wild West, as represented in vaudeville performance tours, Hollywood films, and dime novels,
A. realistically depicted a lawless frontier ruled by cowboys and Indians.
B. was multiracial, multiethnic, and female dominated.
C. emphasized the violent labor conflict in mining centers.
D. was a mythic fantasy that romanticized and simplified the region.
E. was defined by the battles that took place on the West Coast.
