Mammals Are Born with a Set Number of Neurons, Which

question 69

True/False

Mammals are born with a set number of neurons, which diminish with age.

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Living Wage

A salary level that allows an individual or family to afford an adequate standard of living, including basic expenses such as housing, food, taxes, and healthcare.

New Deal Programs

A sequence of public works, regulatory measures, and financial reforms carried out by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s in the US, aimed at mitigating the impact of the Great Depression.

Scottsboro Case

Case in which nine black youths were convicted of raping two white women; in overturning the verdicts of this case, the Court established precedents in Powell v. Alabama (1932) that adequate counsel must be appointed in capital cases, and in Norris v. Alabama (1935) that African-Americans cannot be excluded from juries.

Racism

Bias, unfair treatment, or hostility towards individuals of another race, stemming from the conviction that one's own race is superior.