THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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Question
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What was the intent of the United States immigration laws of the 1920s?
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to restrict immigration through the use of quotas
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to increase economic opportunities for recent immigrants
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to restore an open-door policy
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to encourage cultural diversity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1920s, Congress passed a series of immigration quotas. The quotas were applied on a country-by-country basis and therefore restricted immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe more than immigration from Northern and Western Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fears of increased immigration after the end of World War I and the spread of radicalism propelled Congress to enact this “emergency” measure imposing drastic quantitative caps on immigration.
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