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What makes Promonotry, Utah, famous?

This Reconstruction plan required that 50% of all voters in the Confederate States pledge allegiance to the Union before they could enter back into the Union.

Even though he was know as a great railroad baron, he also built a great shipping empire.  He was not known for his philanthropist ideology, but did donate  $1 million to Central University in Nashville, Tennessee, (now named in his honor).   

System were poor farmers, white and black, could obtain materials such as food and seed on credit from merchants to be repaid after crops were sold.  It often resulted in a cycle of debt.

Buffalo provided the economic basis for the Plains Indians which included   ____________.

A Scottish immigrant who ultimately controlled the processing of his steel from mine to market.  By his death in 1919, he had given away more than $350 million dollars.

Danish immigrant that brought to life those living in tenements.  He was known for his powerful photographs as well as his book How the Other Half Lives that often shocked the middle-class American.

Who were the other two members of Lincoln’s cabinet that were supposed to be killed on the night he was shot?

As part of my lecture this week, we watched a video interview with a federal judge. What is the main piece of advice this judge gives to criminal defendants and their lawyers?

What does US probation supervisor Juan Campos (Box 4.3) find most rewarding/important in his work preparing federal PIRs? Do you think you would find preparing PIRs in the federal or a state system as rewarding/important as Campos? Why or why not?*** Remember that copying/pasting from our eBook/course materials, the internet, or using AI like ChatGPT to “write” your answer violates my Academic Integrity policy. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or, if you are unable to do that, properly quote/informally cite them as I discuss in the Academic Integrity section of the Syllabus ***