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Only 150,000 immigrants per year were allowed in to the U.S.A. There were to be no asians at all. Northern and western Europeans were to be allocated 85% of all places. The intention of the nationality based quotas was to restrict the number of people from southern and eastern Europe, Japan and china. By 1930, Immigration from these areas had virtually stopped.
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What act determines who can enter the country?
An immigration act.
What does the law passed by congress in 1921?
Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1921 on May 19, 1921. This was also known as the Johnson Act. It was the first federal law in U.S. history to limit the immigration of Europeans.
What measure was passed in 1882 to restrict chineses immigration?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The size of the House of Representatives comes from the?
reapportionment act of 1929
what was the purpose chinese exclusion act?
It stopped Immigration by Chinese workers and miners for 10 years
What is the Registry Act of 1929?
It amended existing immigration law authorizing the establishment of a record of lawful admission
Immigration act of 1990 benefits what?
the Immigration act of 1990 benefits
What altered America's quotas system?
the passage of the Immigration and nationality act
Reappointment Act of 1929?
what is the value of the reappointment act of 1929
The immigration act of 1882 was designed to limit immigration from?
Korean
What immigration policy revised decisions of the immigration reform act of 1965 and greatly benefited europeans especially those of Irish origin?
Immigration Act of 1990
What part of speech is immigration?
The word immigration is a noun. It is the act of immigrating.
What act of 1929 sets the house number to 435?
The answer would be called the "REAPPORTIONMENT ACT OF 1929".
What is eliminated as a requirement for immigration in the immigration reform act of 1965?
national origin
What was related to immigration?
dillingham act
The immigration act of 1990 benefits what?
it allowed 700,000 more imigrants to come into the united states
Is there a connection between Pearl Harbor and the immigration quota act?
No. The Immigration Act took effect in 1924, while the attack on Pearl Harbor was in 1941.
