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Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Ellis Island | The East Coast process center for immigrants and refugees trough 1920s. |
Xenophobia | Fear of foreigners. |
W. A. S. P. | Refers to a bigot and/or racist. |
Migration | Movement within a country. |
Quota System | Allowed a certain number of immigrants into the U.S. based on the census. |
Nativism | A movement against minority groups. |
Naturalization | When an immigrant becomes a U. S. citizen. |
Immigration | Move to a coutry. |
Tenement | High-rise (apartment) housing for the poor. |
Sterotypes | Conforming to a fixed general of pattern. |
Segregation | To separate by ethnic groups or race. |
Emigration | To leave a country. |
Ghetto | Section of a city in which minority groups are required to live. |
Discrimination | To distinguish, to make a distinction because of race. |
Assimilation | To absorb, to make similar. |