Why did the Land Law of 1851 cause most Californios to lose their land?
A. The law provided forty-niners and others in the gold rush the
right to take the Californios' land.
B. The law made the Californios prove that they owned the land
and most could not.
C. The land was owned by The Bear Flag Republic.

c

Explanation:

The California Land Act of 1851 (9 Stat. 631), enacted following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the admission of California as a state in 1850, established a three-member Public Land Commission to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican land grants.

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polling is a process and the outcome is not involved in the process itself.

the outcome, which is an unfavorable rating for a particular candidate is not affected by the mechanical process of polling.

it rather depends on the number of people voting in favor of the candidate.

this is an outcome of people's preferences.

“i think it is very plausible that if there are five votes to end the death penalty, it could be with the people who are on the court right now,” - smith

so basically it is not clearly and consistently imposed