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Decade - 1920s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1920s.
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National origins immigration act 1929?
Washington, D. C., Mar. 22 (JTA) -
President Hoover today issued the proclamation provided by the Immigration Law calling into effect the National Origins Clause of the Immigration Act July 1, 1929.
Together with the proclamation, the President at a press conference today issued the following statement:
"The Attorney General has advised me in the failure of Congress to suspend action, it is now mandatory upon me under the Immigration Act to issue the proclamation establishing 'National Origins' as the basis of immigration quotas. The proclamation must be issued prior to April 1, and will be issued at once. It will go into effect July 1, unless action is taken by Congress in the meantime.
"While I am strongly in favor of restricted and selected immigration, I have opposed the 'National Origins' basis. I therefore naturally dislike the duty of issuing the proclamation, installing the new basis, but the President of the United States must be the first to obey the law."
http://archive.jta.org/article/1929/03/24/2776137/hoover-issues-national-origins-proclamation-but-expresses-his-opposition
What did people do for fun in the 1920s?
They Danced They Drank and they listened to the radio.
They went to movies, drove in cars, listend to music/radio went to speakises
danced. Went shoping, made time for friends.
Which of the following was a sign of an unsound economy during the 1920s?
more goods were being produced than consumers could buy
immigration restriction
Which action indicated that the US wanted to return to a policy of isolationism during the 1930s?
they did not join the league of nations
