What was the main objective of the National Origins Act of 1924?

to reduce immigration from Canada and Latin America

to favor immigration from eastern and southern Europe

to favor immigration from northern and western Europe

to provide equal opportunity to immigrants from all nations

Question

What was the main objective of the National Origins Act of 1924?

    to reduce immigration from Canada and Latin America

    to favor immigration from eastern and southern Europe

    to favor immigration from northern and western Europe

    to provide equal opportunity to immigrants from all nations

anonymous · Answer

@Joel_the_boss @jordanloveangel

joel_the_boss · Answer

In 1924 Congress passed a discriminatory immigration law that restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and practically excluded Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States. This act instituted admission quotas by using the 1890 census to determine the population of a particular nationality group; the government then only allowed 2 percent of that population into the nation. In addition, the act completely barred immigration for all those whom the Supreme Court prohibited from obtaining U.S. citizenship, specifically Asians. The National Origins Act drastically lowered the annual quota of immigration, from 358,000 to 164,000. Congress abolished the national origins quota system in the 1960s. Source: http://www.inmotionaame.org/glossary/glossary_term.cfm;jsessionid=f8303471981416481394057?id=298&bhcp=1

anonymous · Answer

@ankit042

anonymous · Answer

it would be c.