| A | B |
|---|
| Heterogeneous | Composed of a mix ethinicities, families, etc. |
| Immigrants | Those aliens legally admitted as permanent residents |
| Reservation | Public lands set aside by a government for use by Native American tribes |
| Refugees | One person who seeks protection from war |
| Assimilation | Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture |
| Segregation | The separation of one group from another |
| Jim Crow Laws | Laws that separate people on the basis of race |
| Separate-But-Equal Doctrine | Established legal segregation |
| Integration | The process of bringing a group into the mainstream of society |
| De Jure Segregation | Segregation by law, with legal sanction |
| De Facto Segregation | Segregation in fact, even if no law requires it |
| Affirmative Action | Taking positive steps |
| Quotas | Such rules requiring certain numbers of jobs or promotion for members of certain groups |
| Reverse Discrimination | Discrimination against the majority group |
| Citizen | One who owes allegiance to their country and is entitled to the country's protection |
| Jus Soli | Law of the soil; where one is born |
| Jus Sanguinis | Law of the blood; to whom one is born |
| Naturalization | The legal process by which a person becomes a citizen of another country at some time after birth |
| Alien | A citizen or national of a foreign state living in this country |
| Expatriation | Legal process by which a loss of citizenship occurs |
| Denaturalization | Can occur only by sourt order and only after it has been shown that the person became a citizen by deception or fraud |
| Deportation | Legal process in which aliens are legally required to leave the US |
