PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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It dramatically decreased immigration rates into the United States.
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It established an immigration quota that favored Western Europeans.
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It allowed more immigrants from Asia and the Americas.
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It made it easier for immigrants to establish citizenship.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson. 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-2: -The Birth of ‘Illegal’ Immigration All told, in the three decades following passage of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, more than 18 million legal immigrants entered the United States, more than three times the number admitted over the preceding 30 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.