Russian Immigration

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Xenophobia
The fear of immigrants, in 20th Century USA, the old immigrants (WASPS) feared the new immigrants
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New Immigrants
These people were multicultural, non-english speaking people with different religions, such as Polish Jews, Catholic Africans or people from Asia.
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Old Immigrants
Old immigrants were white, english speaking, generally protestant people who were higher up on the social hierarchy.
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WASPs
White Anglo Saxon Protestants
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Open-Door Policy
Policy that made it easy for many people to enter the USA, this was used to encourage migrants.
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Closed-Door Policy
Policy that 'closed the open door', this made it harder for people to enter the USA as they had to pass a series of tests.
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These people were multicultural, non-english speaking people with different religions, such as Polish Jews, Catholic Africans or people from Asia.

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New Immigrants

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Old immigrants were white, english speaking, generally protestant people who were higher up on the social hierarchy.

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White Anglo Saxon Protestants

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Card 5

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Policy that made it easy for many people to enter the USA, this was used to encourage migrants.

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