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National origins act
The 1921 Emergency Quota Act and the 1924 Immigration Act were the first laws since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1884 that blocked or limited immigrant by law. Different quotas were put on different immigrant groups. Because they had not had substantial representation in America prior to 1890, groups like the Polish and Italians were given very small quotas.
Answers are the same as gradpoint. Immigration official assumed that Chinese travelers would misrepresent themselves to get into America.
"Sit-ins" took on this name because participants literally sat in areas where they were not allowed in order to protest the laws allowing there exclusion from the facility. They often took place at lunch counters and diners, most notably, the Woolworth's sit-in in Greensboro, NC.
workers, settlers, consumers, and soldiers were needed in the U.S. , also those with social skills to help the country grow, and for Humanitarian reasons.
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They passed it so that Chinese immigrants were not allowed to enter the United States. Also the Chinese immigrants that were already there were declared aliens.It prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country.
They passed it so that Chinese immigrants were not allowed to enter the United States. Also the Chinese immigrants that were already there were declared aliens.It prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country.
They both tried to limit Asian immigrants, but the Gentlemen's agreement allowed some Japanese into California, though it was discouraged.
The primary sources in this activity deal with the phenomenon of "paper sons and daughters," a scheme that allowed thousands of Chinese immigrants to gain entrance to the United States despite the Exclusion Act.
At first the American government wanted to block out all Immigration to the united states, this was when the Chinese exclusion act was signed. During 1921 the Emergency Quota Act was signed and in 1924 the immigration act was signed, this allowed a certain limit on how many immigrants were allowed in the united states.
One of the immigration laws from that time period is somehting to do with the Chinese. In 1882 Congress passed an Exclusion Act that banned Chinese from immigrating to the U.S. The Chinese Exclusion Act also made it immpossible for Chinese immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
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