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| Ellis Island | an island in New York harbor that was an entry point for 12 million immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1954 |
| Americanization | process in which immigrants were forced to abandon their traditional cultures and adopt the culture of white America |
| acculturation | cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture. Also, a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact. |
| assimilation | the process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group |
| homogenous | A mixture which has uniform composition and properties throughout |
| heterogenous | a mixture where the components of the mixture are not uniform or have localized regions with different properties. Different samples from the mixture are not identical to each other. |
| Angel Island | an island of the coast of San Francisco where immigrants arriving from Asia were processed. |
| ethnic neighborhoods | those of the same ethnicity kept their culture by making communities |
| accommodation | when a minority maintains its own culturally unique way of life |
| culture shock | The confusion & anxiety resulting from immersion in a culture whose ways of thinking & acting are foreign to you is known as |
| melting pot | A mixture of people of different cultures & races who blend together by abandoning their native languages & customs |
| tossed salad | A politically correct term for the melting pot. This term implies everyone gets to keep their unique & special qualities |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | in 1882 Congress banned Chinese immigration into the U.S |
| Emergency Quota Act | Agreement-1907-1908, Japan’s government limited emigration to the U.S. |
| Gentleman's Agreement | When Japan’s government limited emigration to the U.S. (1907-1908) |
| Nativism | favortism towards Native born Americans |
