Immigration

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What feelings did WW1 bring about for the USA?
fear of foreigners, and isolation is best
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What did Eugenic books suggest about immigrants?
They were inferior
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Wage earner were concerned that an influx of immigrants would mean...
they would lose their jobs
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From 1860 to the 1900s the amount of immigrants
trebled
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Which act introduced a literacy test?
Immigration Act of 1917
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What was the quota percentage for the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921?
3%
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What was the quota percentage for the Immigration Act of 1924?
2%
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Who did The Immigration Act of 1921 encourage?
Northern Europeans and Professionals
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What areas did the Immigration Act of 1924 prohibit immigration from?
Middle East, East Asia and India
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Who wrote "The Passing of the Great Race"
Madison Grant
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What did Eugenic books suggest about immigrants?

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They were inferior

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From 1860 to the 1900s the amount of immigrants

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Which act introduced a literacy test?

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