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Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |