THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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reduced immigration quotas
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increased the amount of immigrants allowed in the U.S.
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required immigrants to read English before becoming citizens
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required all immigrants to be able to speak English
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census.
Detailed explanation-3: -The goal of the National Origins Act was to control both the quantity and quality of U.S. immigrants in an effort to prevent further erosion of the ethnic composi-tion of U.S. society.
Detailed explanation-4: -A 1921 law imposed the first overall numerical quota on immigration to the U.S.-about 350, 000, reduced to 165, 000 in 1924 (Martin, 2011). The 1924 law set annual quotas for each European country based on the foreign-born population from that nation living in the U.S. in 1890.