The former German chancellor ___________ had pursued a “strategic partnership” with Russia, and he defended Putin’s policy toward Ukraine, in his words, as resulting from “fears about being encircled.”

Which of the following is true of the first newspapers in Texas?

a. The first daily newspaper in Texas was the Galveston Zeitung. b. The Houston Morning Star was Texas's first daily newspaper. c. The Texas State Gazette was a religion-affiliated newspaper in Houston. d. All the newspapers in the 19th century were published in Nacogdoches.

Oklahoma's version of the ___________________, adopted as an amendment to the state constitution in 1910, required literacy tests for all voters whose ancestors had not been entitled to vote prior to 1866

a. poll tax b. white primary c. Fifteenth Amendment d. grandfather clause