Vocabulary Practice: Prejudice, Discrimination and Persecution

Complete each sentence with the appropriate vocabulary word related to immigration and the treatment of immigrants.

Discrimination- The unjust treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.  (Usually used to describe less violent acts like not being allowed to go certain places or acts of bullying or intimidation)

Prejudice- Prejudice- An unfair opinion or feeling about a person or group that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Persecution- Treating someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, political beliefs, or other differences. (Usually used to describe violent acts)

Some Americans held ______ against immigrants because they believed newcomers would not fit into American society.

Immigrants experienced ______ when they were denied jobs or housing simply because of where they came from.

Many immigrants left their home countries to escape ______ based on their religion or political beliefs.

Newspapers and political cartoons sometimes spread ______ by portraying immigrants as dangerous or uneducated.

When factory owners paid immigrants less for the same work, it was an example of ______.

______ forced some families to flee because they faced arrest, violence, or punishment for who they were.

Even before immigrants arrived, many people already had ______ about them based on their religion or country of origin.

Laws and workplace rules sometimes led to ______ by treating immigrants differently than people born in the United States.

Immigrants from certain regions came to the United States after experiencing years of ______ in their home countries.

______ often shaped how people thought about immigrants, even if they never interacted with them directly.

______ occurred when schools, neighborhoods, or businesses refused to treat immigrants equally.

Unlike prejudice or discrimination, ______ often involved governments or powerful groups targeting people over time.