Sooners were settlers who jumped the gun in order to a. pan ...

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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.

Question 2

Democratic-Republicans opposed Senator Henry Clay's American System because
 
  a. it favored only the South.
  b. it would provide stiff competition to the Erie Canal.
  c. they believed that it was unconstitutional.
  d. they thought it would center more control in Washington.
  e. they believed in high tariffs and high taxes.

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c