PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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the Emergency Quota Act
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the Literacy Test Act
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the Immigration Act of 1965
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the Immigration Reform and Control Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The law abolished the National Origins Formula, which had been the basis of U.S. immigration policy since the 1920s. The act removed de facto discrimination against Southern and Eastern Europeans and Asians, as well as other non-Western and Northern European ethnic groups from American immigration policy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Chinese Exclusion Act was approved on May 6, 1882. It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins Act ( Pub. L. 68–139, 43 Stat. 153, enacted May 26, 1924), was a United States federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe.
Detailed explanation-5: -After Senate passage, the Immigration Act was signed into law in late May 1924.