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9th CIVICS CHP 21

9TH CIVICS CHAPTER 21 VOCABULARY

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HERHETEROGENEOUS of another or different, race, family, or kind; composed of a mix of elements.
IMMIGRANT a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.
RESERVATION land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans.
REFUGEE a person who has to leave his or her country to find safety.
ASSIMILATION Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture.
SEGREGATION separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
JIM CROW LAW law to isolate and separate one group of people from another on the basis of race.
SEPARATE-BUT-EQUAL DOCTRINE the doctrine established by Plessy v Ferguson (2896) that African Americans could constitutionally be kept in separate but equal facilities.
INTERGRATION process of bringing people of different races together.
DE JURE SEGREGATION segeration that is imposed by law.
DE FACTO SEGREGATION segeration (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION a policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously disadvantage group.
QUOTA the proportion or share of a larger number of things that a smaller group is assigned to contribute.
CITIZEN a member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full civil rights.
JUS SOLI the law of soil, which determines citizenship based on were a person is born.
JUS SANGUINIS the law of blood, which determines citizenship based on one's parents citizenship.
NATURALIZATION the legal process by which a person is granted citizenship.
ALIEN a citizen of another country.
EXPATRIATION migration from a place .
DENATURALIZATION process by which a naturalized citizen may involuntary lose their citizenship.
DEPORTATION the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien.
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