Immigration #1

crucible

a pot in which ores or metals are melted

discrimination

treating people in a different way because of prejudice

emigrant

a person that leaves one country to live in another

nativist

someone with strong feelings against immigrants, someone who wants laws banning further immigration

persecute

to treat people harshly or cruelly & deny their rights

port

a city with a harbor where ships can load & unload

tenement

an apartment building, often overcrowded & poorly kept, usually in a city slum

immigrant

a person who moves from another country

industrialization

conversion (change) from manufacturing goods by hand to manufacturing with machines

textile

fabric or cloth

blight

a disease that affects crops (potato)

colossus

a giant

freighter

a ship designed to carry cargo

banned

not allowed, prohibited, stopped

pogroms

massacre or killing of ethnic group