USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ultimately, immigration to the U.S. fell from around 1 million people a year to 150, 000 people a year. Because immigrants from certain countries tend to settle in areas with established networks of others from their home country, some U.S. labor markets were more “exposed” to the 1920s immigration quotas than others.

Detailed explanation-3: -An Act to limit the immigration of migrants into the United States. The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that country living in the United States as of the 1910 Census.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.