Land runs allowed the land to be opened to homesteaders on a first-arrival basis. Native American lands decreased significantly under the Dawes Act. Reservation lands went from 138 million acres in 1887 to 48 million acres in 1934! That is a loss of 65 percent, before the Dawes Act was repealed.
<em>Answers first, some detail later:</em>
1. The international organization developed in 1960 to stabilize international oil prices and to oversee petroleum imports and investments is:
<h2>OPEC
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2. The Middle East is a stable region with many peace treaties and no ongoing issues.
<h2>False
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3. All of the following statements about oil in the Middle East are true except:
<h2>oil wealth is distributed equally among all of the citizens in oil rich countries</h2>
<u>Some further details:</u>
OPEC stands for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Within that, there was also the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), formed in 1968. The Middle Eastern countries that are members of OPEC are also aligned in OAPEC.
The Middle Eastern countries with large oil deposits tend not to be open, democratic societies. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, and the majority of the populations in their countries live in far from affluent conditions.
Answer:
c. The Supreme Court rules that companies must pay men and women equal wages despite earlier court rulings allowing wage
differences.
Explanation:
Principle of precedent dictate that the decision of the previous court can be used as a basis for the decision on future similar legal cases.
In option C, we know that there were earlier rulings that allow Wage difference in companies. If the supreme court wanted to follow the principles of the precedent, it has to allow the wage difference too.
It doesn't matter what type of decision it is, it can be said as going against the principle of precedent <u>if the decision contradict the decision that made by previous court</u> on similar cases.
They needed a bill of rights to persuade people that the federal government would protect their rights. To protect the Liberty of each individual.