This was the biggest contributor to the prison boom in the 1980s and 1990s
a. the "three strikes" measure
b. the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
c. the war on drugs
d. NAFTA
ANS: c
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The initial cause of the Hundred Years' War was
a. a conflict between the pope and the French throne. b. land owned by the French throne in England. c. a conflict over the heir to the French throne after the death of the king. d. land owned by the English throne in France. e. the marriage of the English king to a Spanish princess, which threatened the French throne.
The periodic fluctuations in production, consumption, and trade that affect world economic conditions are referred to by economists as
A. depressions. B. bull or bear markets. C. recessions. D. business cycles.
Kennedy secured the African American vote in the 1960 presidential election by __________
A) promising to defend African nations from communism B) promising to appoint an African American as his running mate C) supporting the release of Martin Luther King, Jr. from jail D) publicly criticizing southern Democrats who supported segregation E) being a close personal friend of Stokely Carmichael
What event shortly followed the murder of Julius Caesar?
What will be an ideal response?