Chapter 14 Vocab
The war between Great Britain and its colonies on the American mainland from 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence.
What is the American Revolution?
Ohio city 450 miles downriver from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
What is Cincinnati?
In the early 20th Century immigrants moved to Ohio from countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and
What is Hungary?
In order to be naturalized as a citizen of the United States one must be able to do two things in English.
What are read and write?
Phrase used by "Old Irish" immigrants to describe American.
What is "The Land of Opportunity?"
An official count of people living in a country or area.
What is a census?
Cincinnati became part of the trade route between two American Cities.
What are New Orleans and St. Louis?
The the first half of the 20th Century the population of Ohio grew by this much.
What is double?
Naturalization also requires familiarity with two topics.
What are American history and government?
A process by which an immigrant can gain citizenship.
What is naturalization?
A variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a community.
What is cultural diversity?
Immigration to the United States was unrestricted until this decade, which meant that immigrants could come freely from all parts of the world.
What is the 1890s?
Movement by African Americans during this time from southern states to Ohio.
What is the Great Migration?
The fastest growing ethnic group in Ohio and the US speak a particular language.
What is Spanish?
A person who moves to a new area.
What is a migrant?
To move from one area of a country or state to a new area in the same country or state.
What is migration?
Most immigrants coming between the 1820-1870s spoke this language.
What is English?
Many farmers moved here during this time period.
What are cities?
African nation where many Ohio citizens have emigrated from.
What is Somolia?
A person who leaves one country to live in another country permanently.
What is a immigrant?
The arrival of people in a foreign countnry, usually for the purpose of permanent residence.
What is immigration?
Travel to this region in the 1800s was no easy task.
What is the West?
Late 20th Century immigrant to Ohio can from primarly two locations.
What are Asia and Central America?
Ohio city were most Somali immigrants live.
What is Columbus?
An attempt to drive away people from a country based on their membership in a religous, ethnic, social, or racial group.
What is persecution?