Which of the following statements about the American prison system is LEAST accurate?
a. The crackdown on illicit drugs of the sort often found in poorer communities has resulted in large numbers of prisoners serving long sentences for nonviolent crimes.
b. The job-skills training and educational classes available through the prison systems ironically make ex-convicts from poor neighborhoods more hirable than if they had stayed in school.
c. The number of prisoners incarcerated in the United States has increased by more than two million since 1970.
d. Blacks are imprisoned at higher rates than other groups in part because they are typically placed under closer police surveillance than other groups.
b. The job-skills training and educational classes available through the prison systems ironically make ex-convicts from poor neighborhoods more hirable than if they had stayed in school.
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What factors made it difficult for farmers to succeed on the western plains?
What will be an ideal response?
Why did advisers convince Kubilai to allow the Chinese to continue growing crops?
A) The farmers would have a crop to export. B) The farmers could produce tribute for him. C) The farmers could provide for their own needs rather than relying on the Mongols. D) The farmers could feed the Mongols. E) The farmers could feed themselves.
The Indian warrior caste was known as the
a. kshatriya. b. pariah. c. brahmin. d. vaisya. e. jati.
Which of the following is NOT consistent with the Mauryan Empire?
A) The Brahman priesthood served as magistrates. B) The existence of a large professional army served the empire. C) The empire consisted of all of India except the extreme South. D) There existed an efficient administrative system. E) The state controlled the economic life.