history chapter 2

Question 1

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 1

Law passed by Congress in 1882 that ended in immigration into the U.S.for all Chinese people

Question 2

Emigrated

Answer 2

Left their homeland to live elsewhere

Question 3

Ethnic group

Answer 3

People who share a similar culture and country of origin

Question 4

Famine

Answer 4

A shortage of food

Question 5

Foreigners

Answer 5

People from other countries who live in a host country

Question 6

Immigrants

Answer 6

People who move to a country that is not their native home land

Question 7

Know-Nothing Party

Answer 7

A political party based on prejudice against foreign, formed in the 1860s and soon abandoned

Question 8

Naturalization

Answer 8

The process by which a foreign-born person becomes a citizen of the U.S

Question 9

Oath

Answer 9

A solemn, official promise

Question 10

Open immigration policy

Answer 10

A situation in which a nation sets no limits on how many people can enter, or immigrate to, the country each year

Question 11

Prejudice

Answer 11

Negative judgments or opinions people have toward others who are different from them

Question 12

Quotas

Answer 12

Limits on the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S. each year

Question 13

Restrictions

Answer 13

Limits

Question 14

Waves of immigration

Answer 14

periods when large numbers of people enter a country