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Immigration Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Labor | The people or effort that go into making a good or service. |
| Famine | One of the reasons that new immigrants were coming to America was starvation or lack of food |
| Revolution | One of the reasons that new immigrants were coming to America was to escape wars within their home countries. |
| Culture | The beliefs, languages and traditions of a country |
| "Yellow Peril" | Nickname by Native-born Americans used to refer to immigrants from Asian countries |
| Gentlemen's Agreement | information agreement made with Japan to strictly limit immigration from Japan |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | This act passed by Congress sharply limited Chinese immigration |