Immigration Gilded Age

Front

Nativism

Back

Belief that immigrants are a threat to a country's culture, jobs, and resources.

Front

Immigrant

Back

A person who moves into a country, seeking either permanent residence or citizenship.

Front

Emigrant

Back

A person who moves out of a country.

Front

Chinese Exclusion Act

Back

Law banning Chinese immigration into the United States.

Front

National Origins Act

Back

A set of immigration quotas favoring Western and Northern Europeans.

Front

Naturalization

Back

The process of an immigrant becoming a U.S. Citizen.

Front

14th Amendment

Back

Legally defined requirements for citizenship.