Which courts are the "courts of first instance" in the federal judiciary?
a) appellate courts
b) district courts
c) criminal courts
d) civil courts

In duncan v. louisiana, the supreme court ruled that the [blank](fourth, fifth, sixth) amendment could be incorporated to the states. the [blank](equal protection, due process, enforcement) clause of the fourteenth amendment allowed incorporation to take place in this case.

How was rockefeller able to build his monopoly across the oil industry? he found newer and cheaper ways to refine oil, increasing his profits. he confined his business to ohio so he could buy all the refineries there. he bought up oil refineries, cut costs, and reinvested his profits in other refineries. he began to sell kerosene as well as oil, expanding his market.

According to the map, most mining occurs in the. part of the state