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| the mingling of diverse ethnic groups in America, including the idea that thsee groups are or should be "melting" into a single culture or people |
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| a branch of the church, for example....Quaker, Lutheran, Anglican |
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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 (ex: Separatists, Puritans) |
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| those who seek to excite or persuade the public on some issue |
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| the capacity to pass readily from one social or economic condition to another |
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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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| a home for the poor supported by charity or public funds |
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| landowners of a subtstantial property, social standing, and leisure, but not titled nobility |
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| one who rents rather than owns land |
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| the body of criminal laws specifying offenses and prescribing punishments |
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| the executive power to prevent acts passed by the legislature from becoming law |
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| a person who works under a master to acquire instruction in a trade or profession |
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| buying land or anything else in the hope of profiting by an expected rise in price |
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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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| belonging to the worldly sphere rather than to the specifically sacred or churchly |
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