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15 Cards in this Set
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The mingling of diverse ethnic groups in America, including the idea that these groups are or should be "melting" into a single culture or people
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Melting Pot
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A small religious group that has broken away from some larger mainstream church, often claiming superior or exclusive possession of religious truth
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Sect
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Those who seek to excite or persuade the public on some issue
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Agitators
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The visible arrangement of society into a hierarchical pattern, with distinct social groups layered one on top of the other
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Stratification
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The capacity to pass readily from one social or economic condition to another
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Mobility
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The smaller group at the top of a society or institution, usually possessing wealth, power, or special privileges
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Elite
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A home for the poor, supported by charity or public funds
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Almshouse
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Landowners of substantial property, social standing, and leisure, but not titled nobility
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Gentry
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One who rents rather than owns land
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Tenant Farmer
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The body of criminal laws specifying offenses and prescribing punishments
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Penal Code
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The executive power to prevent acts passed by the legislature from becoming law
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Veto
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A person who works under a master to acquire instruction in a trade or profession
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Apprentice
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Buying land or anything else in the hope of profiting by an expected rise in price
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Speculation
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In religion, a movement of renewed enthusiasm and commitment, often accompanied by special meetings or evangelical activity
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Revival
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Belonging to the worldly sphere rather than to the specifically sacred or churchly
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Secular
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