American Civics Ch1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Demography | the study of the size, growth, and distribution of human populations. |
| Sunbelt | warm-weather states such as Georgia, Florida, and Arizona. |
| Service Jobs | a job in which a person makes a living by providing a service for other people. |
| Baby Room | the dramatic rise in the number of births that occurred between 1946 and 1964. |
| Diversity | differences. |
| Immigrants | people who move from one country to make their homes in another. |
| Discrimination | the unfair treatment of a group of people compared with another group. |
| Racism | the belief that members of one's own are superior to those of other races. |
| Exclusion Laws | laws passed to prohibit further immigration from a particular country or region; especially laws passed in 1882 and 1907 targeting Chinese and Japanese immigrants. |
| Census | a population survey that is taken every ten years. |
| Beliefs | certain ideas that people trust are true. |
| Values | standard of behavior. |
| Equality | the condition of permitting everyone the same rights and opportunities. |
| Freedom | the ability to make choices. |
| Justice | fairness; the idea that every person deserves to be treated fairly. |
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