| A | B |
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| Naturalization | the process immigrants go through to become american citizens (used at ellis island) |
| Immigrant | a person who comes to a foreign country or region to live there |
| Emigrant | a person who leaves his or her country or region to settle in another |
| Ghetto | rundown areas of cities where people of a certain race or nationality live |
| Steerage | large compartments below deck in a ship. many poor immigrants traveled to america this way. |
| Passport | an official government document that certifies one’s identity and citizenship. allows one to visit different countries |
| Typhoid | illness with a high fever that was very contagious. it killed many people in the early 1900s, especially in cities. |
| Yellow Fever | infectious disease caused by mosquitoes. caused high fever, jaundice, and death. |
| Ethnic | having to do with the various racial or cultural differences of people and the customs they have |
| Ethnic Neighborhood | areas where people lived who shared the same language and culture |
| Pogrom | organized massacres of people, especially unarmed jews. This is one reason many jewish people from eastern europe immigrated to america. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | stopped nearly all immigration from china and discriminated against the chinese |
| Assimilation | process of one group or culture absorbing another. immigrants were assimilated into American culture. |
| American Protection Association | they led a drive to produce laws to restrict immigration. they considered immigrants a threat |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | proposed to exclude any immigrant who could not read or write 25 words of the us constitution. he felt this would keep undesirable immigrants out of the us |
