Racketeering Is a New Type of Crime

question 70

True/False

Racketeering is a new type of crime. 

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Definitions:

Slave Trade

The historical trade in which human beings were bought and sold as property, predominantly across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas.

Eighteenth Century

The period from 1701 to 1800, marked by significant developments in science, philosophy, and politics in Europe.

Tories

Originally a term for a political faction in Great Britain, often associated with conservatism and the defense of the monarchy against reformist pressures.

Whigs

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, active between the 17th and 19th centuries, promoting constitutional monarchism and parliamentary power.