The Changing American Identity

to adopt the culture or way of life of the nation in which one currently lives.

• ASSIMILATE

• FAMINE

• IMMIGRATE

• PUSH-PULL FACTOR

an extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger.

• ASSIMILATE

• FAMINE

• IMMIGRATE

• PUSH-PULL FACTOR

to permanently move to another country.

• ASSIMILATE

• FAMINE

• IMMIGRATE

• PUSH-PULL FACTOR

a reason why people immigrate, such as lack of economic opportunity or freedom in one country and the promise of a better life in another.

• ASSIMILATE

• FAMINE

• IMMIGRATE

• PUSH-PULL FACTOR

a broad judgement about a group of people not based on reason or fact.

• PREJUDICE

• KNOW NOTHING PARTY

• NATIVIST

• ASYLUMS

a political party formed in the 1850s to oppose immigration, also known as the American Party.

• PREJUDICE

• KNOW NOTHING PARTY

• NATIVIST

• ASYLUMS

a person who believes native-born people should be favored more than immigrants.

• PREJUDICE

• KNOW NOTHING PARTY

• NATIVIST

• ASYLUMS

a hospital dedicated to treating the mentally ill.

• PREJUDICE

• KNOW NOTHING PARTY

• NATIVIST

• ASYLUMS

the right to vote.

• SUFFRAGE

• SENECA FALLS CONVENTION

• ASSIMILATE

• PUSH-PULL FACTORS

an 1848 women's rights convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in Seneca Falls, New York.

• SUFFRAGE

• SENECA FALLS CONVENTION

• ASSIMILATE

• PUSH-PULL FACTORS