THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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reduced the total number of immigrants
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banned all immigration from Asia
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manipulated immigration quotas
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all of the above
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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: -The act set a total immigration quota of 165, 000 for countries outside the Western Hemisphere, an 80% reduction from average before World War I, and barred immigrants from Asia, including Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements is true about the Immigration Act of 1924? It was an effort to stop the US population from changing. How did the Immigration Act of 1965 affect Asian immigration to the United States? Asian immigration increased after the act took effect.
Detailed explanation-4: -What did the Immigration Act of 1924 do? It reduced the number of immigration quotas of each nationality’s population as of 1890 to especially limit the number of southern and eastern Europeans entering the country.