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Why did public services have to be established in townsites quickly?

A
A lack of public services could void the townsite’s claims and plat.
B
A lack of public services could make the townsite unpalatable to settlers and doom the town.
C
A lack of public services could render the townsite’s governing body liable for services.
D
A lack of public services could require the townsite to form an expensive contract with another town.
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Which of the following explanations does not show why some farmers in the Twin Territories had troubles raising crops?

A
Some farmers were struggling to learn how to farm in order to start a new life for themselves.
B
Some farmers were unused to the farming conditions in the arid climate of central Oklahoma.
C
Some farmers were unable to afford irrigations systems to grow their crops in arid western Oklahoma.
D
Some farmers were prevented from harvesting their crops due to government intervention.
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Why did the town of Nicodemus in Kansas fail to thrive?

A
It never established irrigation systems.
B
It never had an established population.
C
It never got access to a railroad depot.
D
It never applied for a town charter.
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Which of the following political positions did Edward McCabe hold in Kansas?

A
state auditor
B
state representative
C
state governor
D
state treasurer
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Why did immigration patterns begin to change in the 1920s?

A
Reports of tough economic conditions in the US scared away immigrants.
B
Quota laws were passed limiting immigration from certain areas.
C
All the land to the west of the Mississippi was largely settled and owned.
D
Cities began to turn away residents who immigrated from certain regions.
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What kept Italian immigrants from returning to Italy in the 1910s?

A
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
B
The outbreak of World War I
C
The Immigration Prohibition Act of 1915
D
The Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920

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