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AP Success - AP US History: Immigration Act of 1924 Explained

Source 1

"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

Multiple choice

What was the primary change in immigration policy from the 1921 Quota Act to the Immigration Act of 1924?

Question 2

Multiple choice

The Immigration Act of 1924 was primarily a response to what perceived issue in the United States at the time?

Question 3

Multiple choice

Which census data was used to determine the quotas set by the Immigration Act of 1924?

Question 4

Multiple choice

What was the effect of using the 1890 census data for the quota calculations in the Immigration Act of 1924?

Question 5

Multiple choice

The quota system established by the Immigration Act of 1924 was designed to:

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