E Pluribus Unum: American Citizenship

Adopted by the congress of the articles of confederation in 1782 for use on official govt documents. it includes the latin motto "e pluribus unum"

Latin motto on the scroll carried in the mouth of the eagle on the great seal of the united states : "out of many, one."

Someone who moves from one country to another and becomes a citizen of the new country

The blending of diverse immigrant groups into one people by the adoption of common language, customs, and values.

An anti-catholic and anti-immigrant party of the 1850s (also known as the american party). it opposed catholic candidates for political office because of their supposed ties to the pope in rome, and it proposed requiring immigrants to wait 21 years before applying for citizenship

Opposition to immigration by native-born americans, giving rise to such movements as the know nothing party of the 1850s

An understanding negotiated between president theodore roosevelt and the japanese govt according to which japan would restrict passports for its citizens to work in the united states, and the us would allow the japanese already in the country to remain and to bring their families

The agency created within the treasury dept in 1891 to gain greater control over immigration to the us

Site of the federal govt's 1st immigrant processing center through which 12 million immigrants passed between 1892, when it opened, and 1924, when it was last used for the mass processing of immigrants

The policy adopted in the immigration act of 1924 that limited immigration of each nationality group to 2% of the number residing in the us in 1890, thus favoring immigrants from northern and western europe

Policy adopted during the great depression to force between 300,000 and 500,000 mexican immigrants to return to their homes

Someone who has fled his or her country because of the fear of persecution

The bureau within the dept of homeland security that adjudicates immigration and naturalization issues and provides services to immigrants

The federal agency created in 2002 to defend the nation from threats such as terrorism and natural disasters

A foreigner who is illegally in the us because (1) he or she entered the country illegally or (2) after a legal entry overstayed his or her visa