<span>D) Congress immediately passed new environmental protection laws
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It was the "Oregon Train" that brought settlers to the Willamette Valley, sine although there were other smaller trails in the region, this was the most traveled by those wanting to start new lives and businesses in the region.
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the highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first shogun of the Tokugawa era, also known as the Edo period which lasted from 1603-1867. In terms of politics, the goal of the Tokugawa were to remove any threats that could lead to potential rebellion. The political rule of the Tokugawa was closest to authoritarian. Regarding the social changes, the Tokugawa policies lead to economic growth which disrupted the status hierarchy in their previous four class system. The population of commoners became more wealthy, improved their education and began to gain more status. This resulted in the samurai class to continuously decrease economically.