Ch. 6
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- Parliment
- national legislature
- dry farming
- cultivating the land so it held rainwater
- Underground railroad
- an informal network of safe houses, helped thousands of escaping enslaved people make their way to freedom
- republic
- a goverment in which people elect their own officials
- mobility
- freedom to move from place to place
- patrionism
- loyalty to one's country
- immigration
- movement of people from one country to another
- metropolitan area
- includes a city with a population of at least 50,000 and outlying communities called suburbs
- Constitution
- a plan of goverment
- Bill of Rights
- first ten ammendments
- Native Americans
- America's first immigrants' descendants
- urbanization
- the concentration of population in cities
- socieconomic status
- level of income and education
- cabinet
- a group of special advisors
- bilingual
- speaking two languages
- sunbelt
- mild climate
- jazz
- distinctive form of music
- Megapolis
- great city
- amendments
- changes to the constitution
- literacy rate
- percentage of people who can read and write
- Suburbs
- outlying communities to big cities
- diminion
- a partialy self governing country