Standards Have Not Been Significantly Raised by Police Departments Due

question 55

True/False

Standards have not been significantly raised by police departments due in part to the fear that college requirements would be discriminatory against minorities.

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Definitions:

Dawes Act

Law passed in 1887 meant to encourage adoption of white norms among Indians; broke up tribal holdings into small farms for Indian families, with the remainder sold to white purchasers.

Popular Front

A period during the mid-1930s when the Communist Party sought to ally itself with socialists and New Dealers in movements for social change, urging reform of the capitalist system rather than revolution.

Communist Party

A political party that advocates for the principles of communism, aiming to establish a classless society based on common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money, and the state.

Cultural Movement

A change in the way a number of different disciplines approach their work, reflecting a new societal emphasis or preference.