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: -The Quota System U.S. law limits the number of prospective immigrants who may be admitted annually. The Immigration Act of 1990 establishes an annual limit of 700, 000 visas for quota-restricted immigrants.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -people who could enter the United States from each foreign country-the number was based on the percentage of current Americans from that particular country. The goal of the quota system was to cut the number of immigrants entering the United States.