| A | B |
|---|
| emigrate | to move from one country to another; "Susan will emigrate from England to the US." |
| immigrate | to move into a country from another. "Susan immigrated into the US from England." |
| early 1800s | most immigrants were from northern and western Europe |
| late 1800s | most immigrants were from southern and eastern Europe |
| pogrom | attacks on Russian Jews; violent persecution against Jews |
| assimilation | adopting the customs of a culture and integrating into it |
| nativist | one who fears people from other countries and cultures and resists their immigration |
| steerage | lower decks of ship where many immigrants traveled |
| first generation American | one whose parent(s) were born in another country |
| second generation American | one whose grandparent(s) were born in another country |
| Angel Island | west coast immigrant processing station |
| neighborhoods | locations where immigrants from the same country lived |
| literacy | not a requirement for acceptance at Ellis Island |
| late 1800s immigrants | often fled dictatorships and upheavals in government |
| family immigration patterns | frequently staggered; husbands often preceded wives and children in order to set up residence and work |
| apathetic | a word used by Ellis Island officials to describe immigrants who did not appear to have political leanings |
| agnostic | a word used by Ellis Island officials to describe immigrants who did not have a strong belief in God, nor who professed to be an atheist |
| pull factors | reasons that invited/encouraged people to migrate to a specific area |
| push factors | reasons that made life uncomfortable or even intolerable and pushed people from their homes |
| surge in migration | 25 million people immigrated into the United States, which more than doubled the entire population of the US in 1850 |
