APUSH Chapter 5 Vocab
veto
The executive power to prevent acts passed by the legislature from becoming law
almshouse
A home for the poor, supported by charity or public funds
apprentice
A person who works under a master to acquire instruction in a trade or profession
sect
A small religious group that has broken away from some larger mainstream church, often claiming superior or exclusive possession of religious truth
revival
In religion, a movement of renewed enthusiasm and commitment, often accompanied by special meetings or evangelical activity
gentry
Landowners of substantial property, social standing, and leisure, but not titled nobility
tenant farmer
One who rents rather than owns land
penal code
The body of criminal laws specifying offenses and prescribing punishments
secular
Belonging to the worldly sphere rather than to the specifically sacred or churchly
mobility
The capacity to pass readily from one social or economic condition to another
speculation
Buying land or anything else in the hope of profiting by an expected rise in price
melting pot
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
elite
The smaller group at the top of a society or institution, usually possessing wealth, power, or special privileges
stratification
The visible arrangement of society into a hierarchical pattern
agitators
Those who seek to excite or persuade the public on some issue