What development of the 1840s allowed for the publication of accurate transcripts of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
a. A new method of shorthand
b. Improvements in printing
c. The telegraph
d. The telephone
e. The transcontinental railroad
ANS: A
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a. increased employment. b. reduction of international conflict as a result of greater understanding. c. reduced crime on the United States side of the border. d. reduced reliance on military activity. e. improved living conditions on the Mexican side of the border.
Concerns about the execution of laws fostered the beginning of a new field of study called ______.
a. implementation b. formulation c. execution d. research methods
Jeremy is the defendant in a civil case. Jeremy's case cannot be presented in which of the following courts?
a. appellate court b. county commissioner's court c. courts of original jurisdiction d. district court