Immigration Vocabulary

immigrant

• a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

• when a person leaves the country they are born in to join the military.

• to go from one region or place where one lives to settle in another within that same country

immigration

• a process in which different cultures share ideas and ways of doing

• people who share similar religious beliefs.

• the process of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

emigrate

• the belief that one race is superior to another.

• when a person leaves the country they are born in to live permanently in another place

• to be for or against a person based on race, creed, religion, etc. instead of merit

migration

• apartment house/apartment

• movement by people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.

• mutual sharing of cultural information with the purpose of improving friendships and understanding.

push-pull theory

• "push" (reasons why people wanted to leave their country) and "pull" (reasons why people wanted to come to a new land)

• people who felt threatened by the growing number of immigrants who spoke the language and followed the customs of their native land; they wanted to keep America for "Americans"

• to be for or against a person based on race, creed, religion, etc. instead of merit

Ellis Island

• resort in South Carolina

• location of Fort Sumter

• Gateway on the east coast for over 12 million immigrants to the United States.

Nativists

• apartment house/apartment

• people who felt threatened by the growing number of immigrants who spoke the language and followed the customs of their native land; they wanted to keep America for "Americans"

• Native Americans

Tenement/Flat

• people seeking safety in another country

• when population differences are represented in a community. This includes race, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and gender.

• apartment house/apartment

Refugees

• a group of people who share a language, a religion, a history, and cultural traditions

• the product of different cultures that keep their own identities while contributing to the culture of the whole nation

• people seeking safety in another country

Discrimination

• to be for or against a person based on race, creed, religion, etc. instead of merit

• an unfavorable opinion formed beforehand without knowledge, reason, or thought

• a group of people who share a language, a religion, a history, and cultural traditions