Chapter 20 - SS8 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Push Factor | Conditions that drive people to leave their homes |
| Pull Factor | Conditions that attract people to a new area |
| Pogroms | Mass killing of the Jews in Russia |
| Welcome Symbol | The Statue of Liberty |
| Ellis Island | Immigration station in New York harbor where people underwent a series of exams |
| Old Immigrants | Northern and Western Europeans |
| New Immigrants | Southern and Eastern Europeans, Asians |
| Ethnic Group | A group of people who share a common culture |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Act in 1882 that barred the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years |
| Assimilation | The process of becoming part of another culture |
| Tenements | Small apartments which often had no windows, heat or bathrooms |
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