12270303131 | present-day | current | 0 | |
12270305091 | founded | established; brought into being | 1 | |
12270307923 | budding | growing | 2 | |
12270310356 | Superpower | an extremely powerful nation | 3 | |
12270314628 | vast | Enormous, Immense | 4 | |
12270317648 | exchange | the trade of things of value between the buyer and the seller so that each is better off as a result | 5 | |
12270319400 | mere | nothing more than; only | 6 | |
12270322212 | expanded | made larger | 7 | |
12270323393 | immigrate | to move permanently to a new country | 8 | |
12270325871 | ballads | songs that tell stories | 9 | |
12270331866 | hostile | (adj.) unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive | 10 | |
12270335084 | Legends | traditional stories based on real-life events | 11 | |
12270337832 | Census | population count | 12 | |
12270339994 | openness | willingness to try new things and be open to new experiences | 13 | |
12270342117 | legal channels | the correct way to do something | 14 | |
12270343999 | tended | took care of | 15 | |
12270345504 | margins | the ends of the land | 16 | |
12270347510 | society | A community of people who share a common culture | 17 | |
12270350477 | surge | rise | 18 | |
12270352713 | stereotypes | widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group | 19 | |
12270354672 | Braceros | Mexican workers that were brought to America to work when so many men and women were gone from home during World War II that there weren't enough workers. | 20 | |
12270358491 | prominent | important; famous | 21 | |
12270361113 | postwar | after the war | 22 | |
12270362407 | widespread | happening in many places or to many people | 23 | |
12270364731 | publicity | information intended to attract public interest | 24 | |
12270367102 | descendants | people who come from a particular ancestor or group of ancestors | 25 |
Mexican Immigration History Flashcards
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