USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Passed in 1924, this legislation put permanent restrictions on immigrants especially from Southern and Eastern Europe.
A
The National Origins Act
B
The Expatriate Act
C
The Naturalization Act
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

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 (The Johnson-Reed Act) Introduction. The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the Immigration Act of 1924, the most stringent U.S. immigration policy up to that time in the nation’s history.

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