Identify two historical events recognized by Davis and Gurr as contributing to violence in the United States.
What will be an ideal response?
Possibilities: 1. Revolutionary doctrine; 2. A prolonged frontier experience, which tended to legitimize violence and vigilante justice; 3. A competitive hierarchy of immigrants that has been highly conducive to violence.; 4. A pervasive fear of governmental power; 5. The Industrial Revolution and the great internal migration from countryside to city, which has produced widespread social dislocation. 6. Unmatched prosperity combined with unequal distribution and unequal opportunity, which has produced a "revolution of rising expectations" in which improved economic rewards can coincide with relative deprivation that generates frustration and violence.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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