Immigration Test
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- "New Immigrants"
- Immigrants from 1890s to 1920s
- Immigrant Waves
- a large mass of immigrants. 1840s-1890s and 1890s-1920s.
- American Dream
- "Rags to Riches"
- Gentleman's Agreement
- a 1907 agreement between the United States and Japan to limit Japanese immigration.
- Ghetto
- a section mostly populated by Jews. Dirty Conditions
- Steerage
- The cheapest ticket for transportation. It is usually on the bottom of the boat and is in bad condition.
- Angel Island
- a receiving station for immigrants on the east coast.
- Nativism
- the belief that immigrants threaten the majority of American society and should be banned. Hatred against immigrants.
- Discriminations/Prejudice/Racism
- Many U.S. citizens did not like the immigrants.
- Cultural Pluralism
- a condition in which many cultures coexist within a society and maintain their cultural differences.
- Multiculturalism
- having more than one culture.
- Acculturation
- process of holding on to old traditions while adapting to new environments.
- Assimilation
- to adapt American ways and completely shed previous culture - ASAP!
- "Old Immigrants"
- Immigrants from 1840s to 1890s
- Quota
- the number or percentage of people of a specified kind permitted immigrate to a country.
- Push Factors
- Factors that push people out of their country.
- Immigrant
- a person who enters another country in order to settle there.
- Cultural Diversity
- to have more than 1 culture. Salad Bowl theory.
- Persecution
- mistreatment of punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs. Being blamed for something you did or did not do.
- Illegal Alien
- a foreigner who has entered or resides in a country unlawfully or without the country's authorization.
- Melting Pot
- a theory that implies that all immigrants to the United States should adopt American traditions and abandon the traditions of their homelands. They will "melt" their own culture and blend a nod unite into a single American nation.
- INS
- Immigration and Naturalization Service.
- Refugee
- a person who flees his or her homeland to seek safety elsewhere.
- Emergency Quota Act
- limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted to the United States.
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- a law in 1882 that banned Chinese laborers from entering the United States.
- Ellis Island
- a receiving station for immigrants in New York harbor. Immigrants arrived here first ( west coast ).
- Citizenship
- the status of a citizen with rights and duties
- Pogroms
- in Eastern Europe, an organized attack on a Jewish community.
- Alien
- a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization. A foreigner
- Law of the Soil
- traditional laws that are passed down in different regions in different lands
- "The New Colossus."
- a poem, written by Lazarus, that was on the base of The Statue of Liberty.
- Emigrant
- a person who leaves on county to settle in another.
- Naturalization
- the completion of a process to become a citizen.
- Potato Famine
- a disease that destroyed potatoes. Immigrants from Ireland came over to survive.
- Salad Bowl
- a theory that implies that each ethnic group should be encouraged to practice its own native customs. Immigrants should keep their separate language and culture while adapting to the ways of the majority of Americans.
- Pull Factors
- Factors that attract people into a different county.
- Literacy Tests
- an examination to see if a person can read and write, used o m the past to restrict voting rights.