Lesson 19. Great Wave of Immigration Vocabulary

assimilation

• the process by which immigrants or other newcomers acquire the attitudes, behaviors, and cultural patterns of the society around them

• to make richer; enhance

• shared

• an attitude of resentment and superiority toward foreign-born people

enriched

• an attitude of resentment and superiority toward foreign-born people

• to make richer; enhance

• shared

• a document issued by a citizen’s home government that identifies a person and permits travel to other countries

mutual

• an organized and violent persecution of a minority group

• the process by which immigrants or other newcomers acquire the attitudes, behaviors, and cultural patterns of the society around them

• shared

• a document issued by a citizen’s home government that identifies a person and permits travel to other countries

nativism

• an organized and violent persecution of a minority group

• a document issued by a citizen’s home government that identifies a person and permits travel to other countries

• a limit based on numbers or proportions, such as the proportion of a country’s population allowed to immigrate to the United States

• an attitude of resentment and superiority toward foreign-born people

passport

• an organized and violent persecution of a minority group

• a limit based on numbers or proportions, such as the proportion of a country’s population allowed to immigrate to the United States

• a document issued by a citizen’s home government that identifies a person and permits travel to other countries

• a person who flees his or her home or country to escape war, persecution, or other dangers

pogrom

• an organized and violent persecution of a minority group

• a limit based on numbers or proportions, such as the proportion of a country’s population allowed to immigrate to the United States

• to use additional support to make something stronger

• necessary for the existence of something

quota

• necessary for the existence of something

• a limit based on numbers or proportions, such as the proportion of a country’s population allowed to immigrate to the United States

• a person who flees his or her home or country to escape war, persecution, or other dangers

• to use additional support to make something stronger

refugee

• a limit based on numbers or proportions, such as the proportion of a country’s population allowed to immigrate to the United States

• necessary for the existence of something

• to use additional support to make something stronger

• a person who flees his or her home or country to escape war, persecution, or other dangers

reinforced

• necessary for the existence of something

• an organized and violent persecution of a minority group

• to use additional support to make something stronger

• a document issued by a citizen’s home government that identifies a person and permits travel to other countries

vital

• necessary for the existence of something

• a document issued by a citizen’s home government that identifies a person and permits travel to other countries

• to use additional support to make something stronger

• a person who flees his or her home or country to escape war, persecution, or other dangers