Immigration Vocabulary

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Ellis Island

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Immigration facility built with the intention of policing the nation’s East Coast border and was the primary port of entry for immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

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Naturalized Citizen

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A person who immigrated to a country and then later became a citizen of that country

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Citizen

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A person who is legally recognized as a member of a certain state or country

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Banned all Chinese laborers from immigrating to the country and declared Chinese ineligible for U.S. citizenship

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Immigrant

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People who come to new nations to live

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Emigrant

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People who leave their nations to live somewhere new

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Ethnicity

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Belonging to particular nations or ethnic (cultural) groups

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Tenement

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Run-down apartment buildings in poor sections of cities

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Assimilation

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To learn and practice the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group of people

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Pull Factor

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Something that attracts people to a place. (Ex. Warm weather, lower taxes, etc.)