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16 Cards in this Set
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immigrate |
to enter another country to settle there |
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push factor |
condition that drives people to leave their homes |
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pull factor |
condition that attracts people to a new area |
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ethnic group |
group of people who share in a common culture |
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assimilation |
process of becoming part of another culture |
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steerage |
the bottom of the ships where immigrants would travel because it was the cheapest |
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ellis island |
immigrant center in New York (European immigrants) |
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angel island |
immigration center in san francisco (asian immigrants) |
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tenement |
apartment in a six or seven story building in a city |
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settlement house |
community center offering to help the poor |
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nativist |
person who wanted to limit immigration and preserve the US for native-born white americans |
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emigrate |
to leave a country |
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chinese exclusion act |
act barring the immigration of chinese laborers for 10 years (1882) |
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immigration act of 1917 |
people who wanted to move to the us needed to pass literacy tests |
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slums |
crowded, poor, run-down urban neighborhoods |
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open shore policy |
allowed immigrants to come over with very little restrictions |
