USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. .” Eastern and southern Europeans were most severely affected by reductions in legal immigration. The “national origins” quota system to limit immigration selectively was quantitatively discriminatory and would remain the primary principle determining admissibility to the United States until 1965.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who supported restricting immigrants in the 1920s and why? Restricting immigrants was something that began with the Ku Klux Klan. They were radicals that there should be a limit on religious and ethnic grounds. Immigrant restrictions were also popular among the American people because they believed in nativism.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most significant innovation of this era was Henry Ford’s Model T Ford, which made car ownership available to the average American. By the early twentieth century, hundreds of car manufacturers existed. But they all made products that were too expensive for most Americans.