AP Success - AP US History: Immigration Act of 1924
The United States severely restricted immigration in the 1920s.
The “Immigration Act of 1924”...supplants the so-called quota limit act of May 19, 1921, which provided that the number of aliens of any nationality admissible to the United States in any fiscal year should be limited to 3 per cent of the number of persons of such nationality who were resident in the United States according to the census of 1910… Under the act of 1924, the number of each nationality who may be admitted annually is limited to 2 per cent of the population of such nationality resident in the United States according to the census of 1890…
“Annual Report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration.” United States Bureau of Immigration, 1924.
Question 1
Briefly identify ONE effect the legislation expressed in the excerpt had on immigration to the United States.
Question 2
Briefly explain ONE historical development between 1900 and 1924 that influenced the Immigration Act of 1924's excerpt.
Question 3
Briefly explain ONE negative consequence of the Immigration Act of 1924 between 1924 and 1945.
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