THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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Quotas were set to limit immigration from many countries.
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Preference was granted to Chinese immigrants.
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Refugees from war-torn Europe were encouraged to enter the United States.
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Efforts were made to stop illegal immigration from Latin America.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In the 1920s, Congress passed a series of immigration quotas. The quotas were applied on a country-by-country basis and therefore restricted immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe more than immigration from Northern and Western Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -What did the change in immigration policies between the 1920s and the 1960s reveal about the United States? The country was becoming more open to diversity and equality. What did passage of the Immigration Act of 1965 accomplish? The law supported victims of political persecution.