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What is the second language after English in England and Wales?
First use in 1845 by John O'Sullivan; belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.
When was the first census in the US and how many inhabitants ?
A territory from Mexico administered to the US
What is the average density of the UK ?
Pacific Railroad Act ; the Federal Government helped companies to build in the West by giving them or selling them lands at cheap price and gave them subsidies
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending Mexican-American War.
Telegraph linked the entire continent
Territory of the US and American population quadrupled
to suffer from racial prejudice / to be prejudiced against
part of the population that was foreign-born
a collection of people who share a common interest on an issue about which there is considerable controversy best defines
Spencer and Durkheim advocated evolutionary perspectives on social change.
collective behavior is characterized by ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that develop among a ____________ number of people and which are relatively _____________________ and unstructured. the people are not guided by prevailing cultural patterns.
_________ refers to a behavior that endures for a short time and enjoys acceptance among a limited segment of a society.
the residents of Seattle experienced an episode in which many of them believed that some mysterious agent was pitting their window shields. this best illustrates
the following theory of crowd behavior points to the similarities in attitudes, motives, and behaviors which characterize the members of a crowd
a social movement is more or less persistent and organized effort on the part of a relatively large number of people to bring about or resist change.
the holland tulip mania of the 1630s and the Florida land boom of the 1920's best illustrates
the process by which cultural traits or features spread from one culture to another is