The Immigration Act of 1924

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Event Description:

• Only a certain amount of immigrants were allowed into the United States each year.
• The quota was determined by taking the U.S. population of 1890, and giving each country a quota equal to 2 percent of its nationals living in the United States at that time.
• The act reduced the number of immigrants in America setting an annual maximum of 150,000
• Immigrants from the Western Hemisphere, including Canada and Mexico, were exempt from the quotas.
• The intent was to limit the amount of New Immigration from central, eastern, and southern Europe
• Over 20,000 per year from southern, central, and eastern Europe and a few other places outside northern and western Europe
• Between 1881 and 1920 a wave of immigration brought more than 23 million new arrivals to the United States.
• They were largely from eastern and southern Europe. But not all of them planned to stay.

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Our topic fits under Intolerance because the are being intolerant to the immigrants in the united states.

Sources:

"The 1920s." Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Student Resources in Context. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.

"Commentary on The Immigration Act of 1924." World War I and the Jazz Age. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. Student Resources in Context. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.ent Resources in Context. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.