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| exiting your native country |
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| movement of humans from one place to another |
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| forced to leave his or her home |
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| someone who chooses to leave their home |
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| someone who does not like immigration |
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| adopting customs in order to fit in |
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| blending togther of cultures and beliefs |
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| immigrants come but keep their unique cultures |
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country that has the 2nd largest amount
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| the belief that america was destined to expand west. |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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| An american railroad system that would connect the pacific ocean and atlantic ocean. Took 7 years to complete. |
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| eastern part of the transcontinental railroad |
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| western part of the transcontinental railroad that went through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and finished before the east. Workers were mostly Chinese. |
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| Contributed English language |
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| Settled mostly in Pennsylvania |
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| Brought over through slave trade |
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| Settled in the Great Plains |
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| Left Ireland due to potatoe famine |
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| Place where both teams of railroad workers met. |
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| Gave land to people out west |
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