the US government introduced new legislation meaning that only a certain amount of people could get in, this was mainly from Europe this meant that only 5% of people from Europe got in Successfully.
this was also because of the red scare, this was when people in the USA were scared of the spread of communism.
Italy.
yes ; it was 1924 !
The Quota acts prevented immigration..haha
north and east america
After World War ll , most people were suspected enemies, and most of them got held at Ellis Island.
The laws introduced a quota system.
The laws introduced a quota system.
indrirectly causing to world wars
Since the early 1920s the US had very stringent immigration controls, and these were strictly enforced.
US domestic policy in the 1920s was focused on returning to normalcy in the aftermath of WWI. To achieve this goal, laws like prohibition and limiting immigration were implemented. For more on US 1920s domestic policy, check out the related link below.
There were many different laws restricting immigrants from coming into America like the Emergency Immigration Act of 1924.
Nativism and racism increased in the 1920s and led to changes in Immigration laws.