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Assimilation

Here we are in America! We must try to become more American. Assimilation. The process of an immigrant becoming more American by giving up their old customs in order to be accepted. Chinese Exclusion Act. No Chinese Immigrants for the next 10 yrs!.

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Assimilation

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  1. Here we are in America! We must try to become more American. Assimilation

  2. The process of an immigrant becoming more American by giving up their old customs in order to be accepted

  3. Chinese Exclusion Act No Chinese Immigrants for the next 10 yrs!

  4. 1882 law that banned Chinese immigrants for 10 years,along with criminals

  5. Diversity

  6. Many different cultures existing together in one society

  7. Cultural Pluralism

  8. Idea that Americans share common beliefs (democracy), but still have their own distinct ethnic beliefs (Salad Bowl Theory)

  9. Custom

  10. A practice followed by people that has developed into a tradition.

  11. Discrimination www.lulac.org

  12. To deny the rights of others based on religion, sex, race, or other characteristics

  13. Ellis Island www.latinamericanstudies.org/ellis-island.htm www.britannica.com

  14. Place in New York Harbor where immigrants landed and were inspected before entering the U.S.

  15. Ethnic

  16. Describes a group of people with similar characteristics, such as religion, race, or nationality

  17. My country is the best! Your country is so behind mine. We are number one! Ethnocentrism

  18. The belief that one’s group is the best or superior

  19. Gentlemen’s Agreement No Japanese Immigrants

  20. A 1907 agreement between Japan & the U.S. to limit Japanese immigration to the U.S.

  21. Ghetto www.epnewyork.com www.sacred-destinations.com

  22. An urban area that usually houses people of a similar culture

  23. Push Factors

  24. Conditions that drive people from their homeland

  25. Pull Factors

  26. Something that attracts people to another country

  27. Melting Pot www.regentsprep.org chnm.gmu.edu

  28. Theory that immigrant gradually blend into a single, new American culture…which is made up of the best parts of foreign cultures

  29. Native born Americans only!!!! Nativism www.economist.com

  30. U.S. policy that favors native born Americans over immigrants

  31. New Immigration www.northendboston.com

  32. Largest wave of immigrants (1890s-1920s) that came from central and eastern Europe

  33. Come to the U.S. for land! Old Immigration www.everyculture.com

  34. Early wave of immigrants (1840-1890s) from Northwest Europe

  35. Attention Recent Immigrants! English classes tonight! Acculturation

  36. The process of an immigrant trying to fit into American culture. (go to school, learn the language, etc..)

  37. The United States will only accept 1 million immigrants this year. Quota www.johndclare.net

  38. A number set that allows only so many immigrants into the country

  39. Citizenship

  40. The status of being a citizen, with all of it’s rights and duties

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