USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -On this date, the House passed the 1924 Immigration Act-a measure which was a legislative expression of the xenophobia, particularly towards eastern and southern European immigrants, that swept America in the decade of the 1920s.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -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.