It was a United States federal law that limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890.
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The Immigration Act of 1924 happened in the United States. The Act limited the number of immigrants who could enter the United States.Ê
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1924
The National Origins Act of 1924 was a law that discriminated against immigrants by limiting the amount of immigrants that could enter the US from South and Eastern Europe. The National Origins Act remained in effect until the 1960's.
The National Origins Act of 1924 was a law that discriminated against immigrants by limiting the amount of immigrants that could enter the US from South and Eastern Europe. The National Origins Act remained in effect until the 1960's.
Passed in 1924, this law placed a limit on immigration. Americans were becoming outraged at the amount of jobs they were losing to immigrants and there was also a wide-spread panic of potential spies amongst the immigrants.
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National origins Act of 1924
Johnson Act of 1924
some nations could send more immigrants to the U.S. than others could
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Immigrants from Latin America were not restricted by this act.