After the Civil War, southern legislatures passed the ______________, harsh laws designed to control newly freed African Americans.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Black Codes
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The myth of “gang migration” actually occurs, in large part, due to ______.
a. gang members feeling connected to their gangs than their friends and families b. gang members being interested in establishing transnational criminal networks c. gang members feeling more connected to their families and friends than their gangs d. gang members being interested in conducting recruitment efforts away from their home base
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Biologically, the term “race” has a very clear, specific meaning. 2. The institution of slavery reinforced the idea that there were superior and inferior races. 3. Disparity in sentencing over the past couple of decades has been highlighted by differing sentences for possessing equal amounts of crack cocaine versus powder cocaine. 4. The essence of hate crimes is that they are motivated by bias against the victim’s race, ethnicity, religion, etc. 5. Prosecutors and defense lawyers are able to use peremptory challenges to excuse potential jurors without identifying any cause or explanation and without any accountability to the court, so it is therefore possible to employ peremptory challenges in the practice of racial discrimination in jury selection.
As the mission of the U.S. Marshals developed, they were charged with doing all of the following EXCEPT which one?
A) Apprehending counterfeiters B) Arresting fugitive slaves C) Patrolling the border D) Taking the national census
Juvenile courts are simpler than adult courts
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false