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A theory regarding the influence of urban proximity to rural areas is that the population of rural areas...

A)with no urban influence will experience a jump in growth as soon as
commuters tire of city life.

B)with moderate urban influence increases at a faster rate than that for rural
areas with low urban influence.

C)near big cities and those rural areas more than two hours drive from a city
will continue to grow because of pollution.

D)with moderate urban influence will decline as the housing market falls and
people realize houses in the city have greater value.

C.near big cities and those rural areas more than two hours drive from a city

will continue to grow because of pollution.

Explanation:

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i also see that they are way better humans.

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years