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Immigration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the definition of immigration? | The action of coming to live permanently in a different country. |
| What is the definition of emigrate? | Leaving your home country to live in another one. |
| What is the definition of discrimination? | When a person/people treat another group/person unfairly because of what gender they are, what race they are, or what their religion is. |
| What is the definition of prejudice? | A judgement before really knowing about that certain thing. |
| What is the definition of nationality? | The status of belonging to a certain nation. |
| What is the definition of quota? | A limited amount of something. |
| What is the definition of refugees? | Someone who has been forced to leave their home country because of war and violence, and so they leave to seek protection. |
| What is an undocumented immigrant? | Someone who doesn't have the legal papers to be in a different country than their own. |
| What are key reasons why people wanted to immigrate to the United States in the 19th century? | It was expanded in size and wealth It recruited railroad companies in europe A blight occurred in europe leaving many left starving so they fled Many farmers needed more jobs |
| What are the reasons why Americans feared Immigration? | The US would turn into an incoherent distracted mass They would corrupt the country’s protestant heritage |
| What was the know-nothing party? | The know nothing party was a group of US citizens who didn’t support immigration and terrorized newcomers. |
| How were Asian Immigrants received? | Asians were discriminated because of their race and culture. Also americans didn’t like them taking low paying jobs. |
| How did the Cold War affect Immigration policy? | The US started the displaced person's act. |
| What was the Chinese Exclusion Act? | The chinese exclusion act was when chinese people weren’t allowed to enter or live in the US. |
| What was the National Origins Act? | This act said that only a certain amount of immigrants could come from each country. |
| What was the Displaced Persons Act? | Was when after world war 2 400.00 refugees from europe could enter the US |
| What is the Immigration and Nationality Act? | Was when the national origins act was abolished. |
| What was the Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907? | This act made Japan tighten up their emmigration policies to the US and so it would stop the Japanese from coming to the US. |
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