| A | B |
|---|
| acculturation | like cultural diffusion - you change a people's culture |
| adapt | to become accustomed to |
| American society | speaking English, celebrating the 4th of July, eating turkey on Thanksgiving - stores are open 24 hours a day |
| anti-foreign | Nativism - you don't want immigrants coming into your area |
| assimilation | to blend in |
| bias | you judge others without giving them a chance |
| bilingual | speaking more than 1 language |
| bilingual education | schools where students learn subjects in more than 1 language |
| bonds | things which hold people together, could also mean things people invest in - paper in the name of a State, or city |
| city services | garbage disposal, streets being plowed, clean water |
| civil service | jobs involving working for a City or State; Fire Department, Police Department; Post Office |
| clinic | a place where you can see a doctor quickly, on the spot |
| colonial immigration | when the Pilgrims arrived; people entering the American colonies 1700s |
| consensus | agreement, agreeing on |
| constituents | people who support you, who you work for/represent |
| cultural dominance | when 1 group's habits/traditions are forced on others |
| customs | traditions; things done every year |
| discrimination | not equal - preferable treatment given to 1 group |
| distribution | who gets things, how things are given out |
| emigration | to leave your home and move to another area |
| ethnic group | a group of people; where they came from, Germans, Italians, Jews |
| ethnicity | your parents background |
| Federal Law | laws which the National (U.S.) Government makes |
| foreign born | people who were born outside of the U.S. |
| graft | corruption in the government |
| heterogeneous | different types of people; people from different areas |
| homogeneous | people which alike, from the same ethnic group |
| indentured servants | people who owe labor to someone, usually because the other person did something for them - paid their way to the U.S. |
| literacy | the ability to read and write...usually on a 7th grade level |
| Literacy Test | people had to prove they could do this in order to vote - a form of discrimination |
| middle class | shop owners, store owners, people who have enough money to pay their bills |
| morals | values - things you live by |
