The Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) struck down provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which required certain jurisdictions with a history of discriminating against minority voters to seek approval from the federal government before they could change voting laws. As a result, there are no longer any ______ in the United States.

A. covered districts
B. discriminatory voting practices
C. literacy tests
D. racially segregated schools


A. covered districts

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a. True b. False

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Which of the following states that children learn delinquent behavior through being exposed to others and by mimicking or modeling others' actions?

A) strain theory B) conflict theory C) labeling theory D) cultural deviance theory

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A fact-finding hearing of a child welfare case by juvenile authorities is referred to as ________

as ________. A) disposition B) probative discovery C) investigation D) adjudication

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Brainstorming __________.

A. encourages wild ideas B. permits criticism of others' ideas C. concerns quality of ideas, not quantity D. all of these

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