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Problems of Multinational Society
PROBLEMS OF
MULTINATIONAL SOCIETY

PART 1 to be of (British) ancestry to be found guilty to be commonplace to be underrepresented to be accepting of (traditions) to be handicapped by smth to be assimilated into (a culture) to be engaged in (illegal practices ) to allow entrance to advocate statehood to arouse a sentiment to accomplish a goal to abolish slavery to apply to all men to adopt customs/ideas to accommodate (refugees) to arrive bу millions to come on a (temporary/visitor) visa to contend with prejudices to соnvert to (Christianity) to drop/rise to ... per cent to discourage smb from (coming/voting)' to deny smb the right to еаse suffering to endure (degrading conditions) to enroll, in (college) to extend equal privileges (to blacks) to flee persecution to force integration to degrade smb's work to get a start in (life) to gain legal status to grant citizenship to grow about ... per cent to hold a Job/position to handle cattle to hand down (from generation to generation) to keep to a minimum to keep united to keep smb in power to lower wages to leave an impact on (society) to lift restrictions to make exemptions to mingle and intermarry to operate business to permit entry to prohibit smb from (hiring) to provide for (severe penalties) to remove the barriers to sneak across the border to span the nation to separate by race to see to practical needs to sustain smb in beliefs to take a leap to threaten jobs to total (... million) estimates range from ... to ... quota law immigration restrictions ceiling on immigration numeral limitations birth rate infant mortality life expectancy population explosion ethnic make up commonwealth status melting pot salad bowl individual identity technological nation policy to segregation
"great war"
Confederate states ghetto sit-ins freedom ride/riot nomination fox president
Negro idiom poll tax literacy test civil rights
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