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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:chain migration|migration that follows existing personal, usually family, or other connections, such as a job skill or labor organization, thus a "chain" }}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:chain migration|migration that follows existing personal, usually family, or other connections, such as a job skill or labor organization, thus a "chain" }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:class warfare|political posturing by emphasizing differences between social and economic classes; historically, a Democratic political strategy}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:class warfare|political posturing by emphasizing differences between social and economic classes; historically, a Democratic political strategy}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:''de facto'' v. ''de jure''|"in fact" v. "in law"; ''de facto'' means something that exists in practice; whereas ''de jure'' means a practice according to law}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:''de facto'' v. ''de jure''|"in fact" v. "in law"; ''de facto'' means something that exists in practice; whereas ''de jure'' means a practice according to law; examples of ''de facto'' v. ''de jure'' conditions include continued discrimination after bans on legal racial segregation, continued use of alcohol despite its legal ban under the 19th amendment, etc.}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:delegate (as noun and verb)|n: a representative to a political body; v. to assign or pass along a task, power, or sovereignty}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:delegate (as noun and verb)|n: a representative to a political body; v. to assign or pass along a task, power, or sovereignty}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:direct tax|a tax that is applied "directly" to persons as opposed to an activity or material; the income tax is a "direct" tax, which required Constitutional amendment to allow under the law}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:direct tax|a tax that is applied "directly" to persons as opposed to an activity or material; the income tax is a "direct" tax, which required Constitutional amendment to allow under the law}}</ul></li> | ||