THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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expand immigration to the U.S.
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create new opportunities for minorities.
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preserve the existing make-up of the U.S.
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set high limits to encourage Americans to move abroad.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In all of its parts, the most basic purpose of the 1924 Immigration Act was to preserve the ideal of U.S. homogeneity.
Detailed explanation-2: -1924, primary purpose was to restrict the flow of newcomers from Southern and Eastern Europe; established immigrant quotas that discriminated against Southern and Eastern Europeans; this was the primary reason for the decrease in the numbers of Europeans immigrating to the US in the 1920s.
Detailed explanation-3: -To further limit immigration, this law established extended “national origins” quotas, a highly restrictive and quantitatively discriminatory system. The quota system would remain the primary means of determining immigrants’ admissibility to the United States until 1965.