The earliest inhabitants were Dravidians.
This depends entirely on the period in question, since prior to the Civil War the states started to gain more power (since many of them actually seceded from the Union), but after the Civil War the federal government solidified its hold over the states.
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People who deserved penalties for their actions would have consequences due to the governments law system
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The cartoon's shadows suggest that some people living in the United States — especially the wealthy — perhaps had forgotten where they came from and that their families were once immigrants just like the new arrival in the cartoon.
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