The rules and authority that developed in the mining camps in response to the absence of formal authority included
a. requirements that a miner had to choose a specific spot and to actually work it in order to be able to stake a claim in the gold country.
b. choosing alcaldes to resolve disagreements.
c. punishing those who broke the rules, including banishment, whipping, and hanging.
d. all of the above.
d
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A) granting citizenship to Indians B) allowing women to be priests C) polygamy D) equal distribution of property
The Natufian complex developed in ________
A) Africa B) east Asia C) the middle East D) Europe
During the Six-Day war, Israel defeated
A) the Soviet Union. B) Egypt. C) Saudi Arabia. D) Poland.
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a. the allotment of 40 acres and a mule to each former slave family. b. providing food, clothing, and shelter to needy freedmen. c. establishing schools and hospitals in the South. d. finding jobs for freedmen. e. none of these choices.