Explain How Simulation and Field Studies Increase External Validity

question 63

Essay

Explain how simulation and field studies increase external validity.

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Definitions:

African-American Suffrage

The right of African Americans to vote, a struggle that culminated in the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.

Radical Republicans

A faction within the Republican Party after the Civil War that advocated for strict Reconstruction policies, civil rights for freed slaves, and punitive measures against the Southern states.

Ku Klux Klan

A white supremacist group formed in the United States during the Reconstruction era, known for promoting racism, anti-Semitism, and violence against ethnic and religious minorities.

Panic of 1873

A financial crisis that triggered a severe international economic depression in both Europe and the United States, lasting until 1879.