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22 Cards in this Set
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heterogeneous
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hetero, meaning other or different and genos meaning race or family kind.
Something composed of mixed ingredients. |
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immigrants
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aliens legally admitted as permanent residents.
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reservations
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public lands set aside by a government for use by native american tribes.
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refugees
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one who seeks protection or refuge from war, persecution or some other danger.
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assimilation
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the process by which people of one culture merge and become part of another culture.
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segregation
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means the separation of one group from another
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jim crow laws
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laws that separate people one the basis of race. aimed at African americans
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separate but equal doctrine
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a constitutional basis for jim crow laws by the supreme court.
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integration
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process of bringing a group into the main steam of society.
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de jure segregation
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segregation by law with legal sanction
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de facto segregation
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segregation when no law requires it.
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affirmative action
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policy that requires most employers to take positive steps to remedy the effects of past discrimination's.
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quotas
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rules that require employers to hire minorities and women
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reverse descrimination
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discrimination against the majority group.
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citizen
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one who owes allegiance to the united states and is intitled to protection
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jus soli
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law of the soil or where one is born.
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jus sanguinis
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law of the blood or to whom one is born.
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naturalization
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legal process by which a person becomes a citizen of another country
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alien
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a citizen or national of a foreign state living in this country
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expatriation
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legal process by which a loss of citizenship occurs.
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denaturalization
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naturalized citizen lose their citizenship involuntarily
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deportation
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a legal process in which aliens are legally required to leave the united states
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