| A | B |
|---|
| Immigration | ove who comes to a nwe country |
| Assimilate | absorb groups of different cultures into the main cultrure (melting pot) |
| Culture Shock | adjusting to new culture |
| Tenements | apartment building in city, poor sanitary conditions |
| Pogrom | organized massacre of people |
| Nativist | one who wants to end immigration |
| Alien | Someone who is not a citizen |
| Cultural Pluralism | cultural groups maintain identities within larger society (salad bowl) |
| Ethinic Group | people who share common cutural links |
| Ghetto | Section of a city, often deteriorating, where minorities live |
| Illegal Alien | A person who violates laws governing residence |
| Minority Group | A group that is not defined by a major ethnic, linguistic group or cultural group of the society in which they live. |
| Naturalization | legal proxedure granting citizenship |
| Refugee | Someone forced to leave his/her country and unable to return because of threat of persecution |
| Old Immigration | People coming to US from northern and wester Europe |
| New Immigration | People comingto US from eastern and southern Europe |
| Prejudice | Unreasonable feelings toward racial, religious or national group |
| Open Shore Policy | Allowed unlimited immigration during the first half of the 1800's |
| Discrimination | Unfair actions taken toward people because tehy belong to a particular group |
| Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 | Stopped all immigration from China for 10 years. |
| Political Machine | Helped city's poor people find jobs and housing. In return, politicians expected the poor to vote for the politicians candidates. |
| Quota System | In 1921, Congress placed a limit on number of immigrants admitted into the US. |
| Crossing | Immigrants' voyage fromthe old world to the new. |
| Culture | Includes material culture, social institutions, attitudes, art, language and writing. |
