The Study of How Different Nations Use Different Processes to Enforce

question 123

Multiple Choice

The study of how different nations use different processes to enforce laws is called

• A)comparative law.
• B)cross-cultural psychology.
• C)international criminal justice.
• D)cultural defense.

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Definitions:

Kansas-Nebraska Act

A 1854 law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing settlers in those territories to decide on the legality of slavery through popular sovereignty, leading to increased tensions that contributed to the American Civil War.

Charles Sumner

An American politician and senator known for his strong stance against slavery and his leadership in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.

Preston Brooks

A pro-slavery Congressman from South Carolina known for his violent attack on abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner in 1856.