The Hands-Off Era Is Said to Have Ended in 1970

question 89

Multiple Choice

The hands-off era is said to have ended in 1970 when a federal district court declared in the _____ case the entire Arkansas prison system "so inhumane as to be a violation of the Eighth Amendment bar on cruel and unusual punishment."

• A) Coffin v. Reichard
• B) Monroe v. Pape
• C) Cooper v. Pate
• D) Holt v. Sarver

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Definitions:

Organic Molecules

Molecules that contain carbon and are typically found in living systems, including carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.

Miller

A term often associated with the Miller-Urey experiment, which simulated early Earth conditions and demonstrated that organic compounds could be formed from inorganic substances.

Herbaceous Plants

Plants that do not have woody stems and typically die back to the ground level at the end of the growing season.

Woody Plants

Plants that produce wood as their structural tissue and typically have perennial growth.