Appellate jurisdiction is the power of a higher court to review decisions and to change outcomes of decisions of lower courts.
As described in NewsRepulic, During the Guided age, as defined by author Mark Twain, during the 1870's in big cities, like Boston, Chicago, New York, Cleveland, corruption was prevalent. The new immigrants, who were mainly looked upon as the least employable, the bottom of the social status, and of little value. They were someone who is new to the country, lacking in language skills, and someone who has come here to take your job. So, for them to assimilate, to survive, many immigrants were forced to join together to provide support the local political bosses. In exchange for their loyalty and votes, the new immigrants were provided, a chance for jobs, housing, help in naturalization, business licenses, assistance in the courts and a voice in the community.
To detect bias you need to the character opinion and then go from there to see how there opinion be comes bias
Your answer is freedom of rely
The source was the land that they owned that they could control the peasants in their feudal system.