The Probability an Event Will Occur Within a Specified Period

question 15

Multiple Choice

The probability an event will occur within a specified period of time is called:

• A) rate.
• B) risk.
• C) epidemiology.
• D) epidemic.

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Definitions:

Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is landmark federal legislation in the United States aimed at overcoming legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.

Tenth Amendment

The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, expresses the principle that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it by the states or the people.

Freedom Summer

A 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered black voters in Mississippi, highlighted by grassroots community organizing and widespread civil rights activism.

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

A political party formed in 1964 as an alternative to the then all-white Mississippi Democratic Party, with the goal of challenging racial discrimination in politics.