Match the Time Period with the Corresponding Historical Event

question 55

Short Answer

Match the time period with the corresponding historical event.
A)The passage of the USA PATRIOT Act
B)A focus on corporate and white-collar crime and the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
C)An epidemic of mass shootings and random violence in public venues
D)The growth of organized crime as a result of Prohibition
E)An increase in reports of serious crimes such as assault,rape,and murder
F)The mass shooting at Columbine High School
G)Relative stability of crime rates
H)A dramatic increase in the use and sale of illicit drugs
I)A crime epidemic occurred,apparently related to social upheaval caused in part by large-scale immigration
J)A focus on civil rights and a significant increase in reported crime
-1999

• A)The passage of the USA PATRIOT Act
• B)A focus on corporate and white-collar crime and the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• C)An epidemic of mass shootings and random violence in public venues
• D)The growth of organized crime as a result of Prohibition
• E)An increase in reports of serious crimes such as assault,rape,and murder
• F)The mass shooting at Columbine High School
• G)Relative stability of crime rates
• H)A dramatic increase in the use and sale of illicit drugs
• I)A crime epidemic occurred,apparently related to social upheaval caused in part by large-scale immigration
• J)A focus on civil rights and a significant increase in reported crime
• -1999

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