The selection of a jury is lengthened if this tactic is chosen, placing more pressure on an overtaxed court system. Therefore, contend these critics, it would be better to abolish peremptory challenges and try other methods of jury selection.
Prior to the beginning of the civil war, citizens from the south supported Stephen Douglas. However, the Lincoln Douglas debates caused a drastic split in the Democratic Party.
Jews were forced to move from their homes to basically what we would call slums, but they were called "ghettos", which is where we get the slang term.
People were governed by councils, instead of by an absolute ruler
