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| immigrants | people from a country and enter another nation such as the United States |
| immigration | the process of people entering the U.S. from another country - they usually stay & the US & become citizens |
| Immigration Act of 1965 | it put a number on how many people could enter the US from each nation of the world |
| Immigration & Naturalization Service | often called the INS - they control/regulate/watch who will enter the US & when |
| INS | its the abbreviation for "Immigration & Naturalization Service" |
| Irish Potato Famine (1845 - 49) | this caused people from Ireland to emigrate (to leave their country) and come settle in the U.S. |
| KKK | the initials for a racial hate group called the Klu Klux Klan |
| Know-Nothings | a political party - supported Nativism - members/people refused to speak when spoken to - they simply would state "I don't know" |
| Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) | a Supreme Court case: it said that during war - the US Government could take away/deny some people's rights/freedoms |
| Little Italy | a place in New York City & also in Boston - where many people from Italy settled |
| melting pot | it describes the result of all of the people who entered the U.S. |
| migrate | to leave your homeland & come to the US |
| National Origins System of 1929 | it limited immigrants (people who could come to the US permanently)- this was done during the "Roaring 20s" |
| Nativism | people who were ethnocentric - they favored "native" born / born in America - over immigrants |
| naturalized/naturalization | people born in another country, who enter the United States & become citizens |
| New York City - Park Avenue | a rich area down in NYC |
| NISEI | Japanese-Americans |
| philanthropist / philanthropy | rich people who give away some of their money to charity, to universities - they do this to help others |
| political machine | a group of people who work together to make sure their candidate gets elected to office - they are so good at it that they often control a candidate |
| quota | a limit - a number - for instance - it says how many people could enter the US from 1 country |
| ragtime | music - usually jazz - created by African-Americans |
| refugee | someone who is forced to leave their homeland |
| San Francisco - Nob Hill | a place where rich folks live in San Francisco |
| settlement house | a community house - place where immigrants went to get help moving in - used to things in the US |
| restrictive covenants | agreements which said they wouldn't sell a house to certain types of people |
| Spoils System | you get a job because of who you know, not what you know |
| Statue of Liberty | one of the first things many immigrants saw when they entered the US - it meant "freedom & opportunity" to many |
| steerage | a place where many people lived/stayed when traveling on ships to the US - it was crowded/cramped |
| tenements | large apartment buildings - people are cramped, difficult to keep up |
| trolleys | another term for streetcars - they were like trains only they down the middle of streets in cities |
| undocumented immigrants | people who entered the US illegally |
| vaudeville | singing & dancing - small acts - entertainment in the early 1900s |
| Webb Alien Land Act | it said only "native" Americans (those born in the US) could own land |
