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Immigration Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Angel Island | West Coast Island on which many Asian immigrants were processed for entry into the United States |
diversity | variety (for example, a group of people) |
Ellis Island | East Coast Island on which millions of immigrants were processed for entry into the United States. |
emigrate | to leave a country or region to live elsewhere |
employment | one of the first things immigrants needed to find once they were granted entry into the United States. |
immigrate | to come into a foreign country to live |
poverty | lack of money or material possessions |
prejudice | an unfair negative opinion about a group of people |
telegraph | a way to send coded messages over electric wires |
tenement | building that has been divided into small apartments |