More People Are in Prison in the U

question 19

True/False

More people are in prison in the U.S.than in any other country in the world.

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Governing Framework

The system of rules, practices, and processes by which a government is directed and controlled.

Full Faith

A clause in the U.S. Constitution (Full Faith and Credit Clause) requiring each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.

Tenth Amendment

An amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Federal Government

The national government of the United States, composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.