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 INA allows the United States to grant up to 675, 000 permanent immigrant visas each year across various visa categories. On top of those 675, 000 visas, the INA sets no limit on the annual admission of U.S. citizens’ spouses, parents, and children under the age of 21.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition of ‘quota system’ 1. a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. 2. a policy of limiting the number of minority group members in a business firm, school, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -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. Ultimately, immigration to the U.S. fell from around 1 million people a year to 150, 000 people a year.