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| Push Factor | A condition that drives people to leave their homes for a new area. |
| Pull Factor | A condition that attracts people to a new area. |
| Assimilation | The process of becoming part of another culture. |
| Discrimination | A policy or attitude that denies equal rights to certain groups of people. |
| Quota System | A limit on immigration that allowed only a certain number of people to immigrate to the United States from each country. |
| Gentlemen's Agreement | An informal agreement with Japan in 1907 where Japan agreed to limit the number of Japanese workers coming to the United States |
| Persecution | A program to drive away or subjugate (control or conquer) a group of people because of race, religion, or other factor |
| Nativism | Protecting the interests of natives of a country against immigrants |
| Quota | The number or percentage of people of a certain type or kind permitted to do something |
| Naturalization | To become the citizen of a country after birth |
