AP Success - AP US History: Immigration Act of 1924 Explained
Question 1
The annual quota was reduced from 3% to 2% and was based on the 1890 census instead of the 1910 census.
The annual quota was increased from 2% to 3% and was based on the 1910 census instead of the 1890 census.
The annual quota system was abolished in favor of a complete ban on immigration.
Immigration was limited to skilled workers only, regardless of the quota system.
Question 2
The need for more laborers during the post-World War I economic expansion.
The desire to increase diversity and multiculturalism in the United States.
The influx of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe who were considered less assimilable.
The economic downturn caused by the Great Depression.
Question 3
The census of 1900.
The census of 1890.
The census of 1920.
The census of 1910.
Question 4
It allowed for a more diverse group of immigrants from Asia and Africa.
It favored immigrants from Northern and Western Europe over those from Southern and Eastern Europe.
It increased the quota for immigrants from Latin America.
It did not change the quota distribution significantly from the previous act.
Question 5
Stimulate the economy by increasing the population and consumer base.
Provide asylum for refugees fleeing persecution in their home countries.
Encourage the immigration of skilled labor to aid industrial growth.
Maintain the existing ethnic composition of the United States.
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