Asians!
National origins Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 sometime referred to as the National Origins Act, limited the number of immigrants that could enter the United States to 2 percent. This act lowered the immigration allowance by 1 percent and targeted people of Asian and Eastern European descent.
Passed in 1924, this law placed a limit on immigration. Americans were becoming outraged at the amount of jobs they were losing to immigrants and there was also a wide-spread panic of potential spies amongst the immigrants.
Yes hey exempted the Western Hemisphere from the quota system
Asians!
National origins Act of 1924
The National Origins Act of 1924 was a law that discriminated against immigrants by limiting the amount of immigrants that could enter the US from South and Eastern Europe. The National Origins Act remained in effect until the 1960's.
The National Origins Act of 1924 was a law that discriminated against immigrants by limiting the amount of immigrants that could enter the US from South and Eastern Europe. The National Origins Act remained in effect until the 1960's.
National origins act
The Immigration Act of 1924 sometime referred to as the National Origins Act, limited the number of immigrants that could enter the United States to 2 percent. This act lowered the immigration allowance by 1 percent and targeted people of Asian and Eastern European descent.
Passed in 1924, this law placed a limit on immigration. Americans were becoming outraged at the amount of jobs they were losing to immigrants and there was also a wide-spread panic of potential spies amongst the immigrants.
southern and eastern Europe east Asia
some nations could send more immigrants to the U.S. than others could
Yes hey exempted the Western Hemisphere from the quota system
European countries including Scandinavia, Ireland, Germany, and Great Britain
Surveys had shown that the Native American population were suffering economically from the increase in immigration from Asia and North/South Europe. Therefore the act was implemented to solve this problem.