Leonid Yelin
Immigration in the United States
Generation 1.5
Vocabulary
Vocabulary - American Dream
100

Leonid's reasons to leave


what is he was being observed in many ways


100

True or false There is no immigrant in the U.S

What is false?

100

The children of the first generation of immigrants, who start their education in one place and finish it in other.

What is “Generation 1.5” ?

100

intelligent

What is smart?

100

bestseller

What is a book that sells really well and makes a lot of money?

200

Leonid's English


What is his English was very bad, he could not make a complete sentence.


200

Some common jobs for immigrants

What are low-paying jobs, farmers, and unskilled labors.

200

People that translate for people who don’t speak the same language.

What is "language brokering"?

200

the opposite of maximum

what is minimum

200

attain

What is to get or obtain?

300

Leonid's end

What is he ended coaching the volleyball national team

300

The reasons why people immigrated to the U.S.

What is more spacious than the Europe, land of freedom and opportunity, taxes were lower, no military services.

300

They feel trap going back and for between two cultures, and frequently changing values.

What is how some kids from Generation 1.5 feel about being between cultures?   

300

exclusion

What is to keep someone out or apart

300

fortuitously

What is luckily or fortunately?

400

Leonid's arrival place

What is he went to life to Miami

400

Besides The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the name of another anti-immigrants’ law, and the what it did.

What is The National Origins Act of 1924, and it controlled how many people could come from southern and eastern Europe, and Asia.

400

4 examples of discrimination that Generation 1.5 suffer

What is In school’s teacher may treat student like they are not intelligent because they don’t speak English, other teachers may have expectations that are very high (this is often the case with Asian immigrants, who must live up to the stereotype of “model minority”). Students see Generation 1.5 as “foreigners”. Also, some Generation 1.5 called news Generation 1.5 immigrants F.O.B = “fresh of the boat”

400

acquired

What is got?

400

innately

What is something that is inside you that you are capable of? 

500

His most helpful job

What is delivering pizza because he could speak english with the people.

500

Reasons why immigrant families will have fewer chances for economic success?

What is the world economy has changed, changes in technology and globalization have eliminated many well-paying skilled industrial jobs, more manufacturing jobs are moving outside of the United States

500

Special school where immigrants’ children learn how to adjust to the United States and learn basic English.

What are “Newcomer Schools”?  

500

enhance

What is to make better?

500

Disparities

What are differences between groups (such as economic disparities)?

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