Sooners were settlers who "jumped the gun" in order to
a. pan gold in California.
b. stake claims in the Comstock Lode in Nevada.
c. claim land in Oklahoma before the territory was legally opened to settlement.
d. drive the first cattle to Montana and Wyoming.
e. grab town sites in the Dakotas.
c
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a. The Venetian Doge b. A reform-minded preacher c. The pope d. An open election by all of the city guilds e. None of these.
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a. Poland b. Czech Republic c. Yugoslavia d. Hungary e. Latvia
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A) were generally welcomed and prospered quickly B) were easily assimilated into American society C) encountered considerable hostility from American nativists D) faced few problems adapting to their new environment E) prospered financially and socially in professional jobs
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A. The city-states gradually became towns within larger states. B. Hellenistic expansion reinvigorated the poleis. C. Greek cities moved away from democracy. D. Greek cities moved toward democracy, though the central authority controlled foreign affairs.