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1. B) The right of Black Voters
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- Initial Appearance – This is the defendant’s first appearance in court, and the defendant is advised of the charges. The judge appoints an attorney if the defendant cannot afford one.
- Arraignment – The defendant appears in court to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. Many limited jurisdiction courts combine the initial appearance and the arraignment
- Trial – If the defendant pleads not guilty, a trial is held. The judge—or at the defendant’s request, a jury—can hear evidence on the charges and find the defendant guilty or not guilty.
- Sentencing – If the defendant is found guilty, the court imposes the appropriate punishment (sentence).
- Appeals – Appeals from decisions of limited jurisdiction courts go to the supreme court. An appeal may be heard as a new trial (a trial de novo), or the supreme court judge may review records of trial proceedings if records have been kept. Decisions made in small claims court cannot be appealed.
An agreement between states in current times is called an interstate compact. However, previously these were known as a Treaty. An example of a Treaty still in place is the Treaty of Beaufort - which is between Georgia and South Carolina.
If the Confederacy had been a separate nation, it would have ranked as the fourth richest in the world at the start of the Civil War. The slave economy had been very good to American prosperity. By the start of the war, the South was producing 75 percent of the world’s cotton and creating more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. Slaves represented Southern planters’ most significant investment—and the bulk of their wealth
Answer:
A. Union: Abraham Lincoln; Confederacy: Jefferson Davis
Explanation:
Jefferson Davis is known for being an important military leader in the Confederacy. By process of elemination, it is A.
Answer:
The Drawbacks of Federalism. Federalism also comes with drawbacks. Chief among them are economic disparities across states, race-to-the-bottom dynamics (i.e., states compete to attract business by lowering taxes and regulations), and the difficulty of taking action on issues of national importance.
