Immigration Vocab

Question 0

Immigration

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The action if coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

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Naturalization

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The legal act r process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that county.

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Migration

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A number or body of humans or animals moving from one region to another.

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Alien

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A foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living.

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Green card

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A permit allowing a foreign national to live and work permanently in the US.

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Visa

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An endorsement on a passport indicating that the holder is allowed to enter, leave, or stay for a specified period of time.

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Refugee

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A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

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Quota

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A limited or fixed number or amount of people or things in particular.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act

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One of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.

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Philanthropy

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The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.

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Vertical Integration

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The combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.

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Horizontal Integration

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A strategy where a company creates or acquires production units for output which are alike.

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Monopoly

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The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

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Trust

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Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

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Capitol

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Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or availability or contributed for taking their purpose such as starting a company or investing.

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Social Darwinism

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The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.

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Tenement

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A room or set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.

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Labor union

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An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests

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Strike

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A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from there employer

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Progressive

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A person or group of people in favor of a social reform or new, liberal ideas

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Muckraking

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The action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way

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Jim Crow

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The former practice of segregating black in the United States

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Preservation

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To keep something from injury, harm, or decline.

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Conservation

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The prevention of decay of works of art

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Federal Reserve

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The central bank of the United States in the most powerful financial institution in the world.

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Assimilation

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The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and physiological characteristics of a group.

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Acculturation

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The process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group.

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Suffrage

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The right to vote in political elections.

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The Cult of True Womenhood

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The ideology defined women as pillars of virtue who represented the values of purity and domestically

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Urban

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In, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city.

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Class

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A set or category of things having some property or attribute in common others of type, quality, or kind.