Identify the purpose of vigilantes in colonial America.

What will be an ideal response?


Example should indicate that vigilantes were citizens with no legal authority who operated according to their own rules. They tracked down and punished criminals. Other movements turned on corrupt sheriffs and government officials. Yet another group served to protect citizens from outlaw gangs when police and courts were not available.

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What was difference between how federal law enforcement and local law enforcement handled moonshining in Tennessee? What were the consequences?

What will be an ideal response?

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In Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the Supreme Court ruled that Ernesto Miranda’s ______ could not be used in a court of law.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A research is examining gender differences in drug use among college seniors. A constant in this study is:

a. Drug use b. Gender c. Level of education d. Age

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Discuss the most common method of selecting judges among the states.

What will be an ideal response?

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