A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
Refugees
True or False. Husbands and wives were separated until they were both cleared.
True
The groups of people who are in charge of cities or districts
overcrowding
wealth, success
prosperity
mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs
Persecution
True or False. Angel Island officials were not welcoming to Asian immigrants.
True
restoring something to its former condition
restoration
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
Culture
to move permanently to a new country
immigrate
People living together in a group or nation.
society
(1846-1848) The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory.
Mexican War
What continent did the people who immigrated to Angle Island originally come from?
Asia
the system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations
descent
A time of utter economic disaster; started in the United States in 1929.
The Great Depression
What continent did the people who immigrated to Ellis Island originally come from?
Europe
Treating people differently or unfairly because of their race.
Discrimination
Related to the money people earn and spend
economic
True or False. Both Ellis Island and Angel Island were on the same coast.
False
things and experiences that make life more difficult
challenges
True or false. Ellis Island made the immigrants feel like prisoners.
False
an extreme shortage of food
famine
Limited numbers that are allowed.
quotas
harsh prisons where people are held for reasons such as their religious beliefs, ethnic group or way of life.
concentration camp
hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
Anti-Semitism
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
prejudice
Learning to speak English was a ___________ for most immigrants
challenge
People living together in a group or nation
society
A long period of dry weather
drought
A person who lives in a farming community especially in poor areas of the world.
peasant
A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan — and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.Braceros
World War II
A period of time when many people rebel against the government
Revolution
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