Immigration Acts

Title: Immigration Acts
Category: History
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Immigration Acts

How did institutions and individuals in the United States react to the arrival of immigrants? Institutions took advantage of the immigration wave due to the fact that labor was cheaper and now there were people willing to do the dirty work of canal and railroad building, mining, domestic and factory work. Causing the individuals of the United States to lower their standards and the fear of different languages, religions and political beliefs thought to be …showed first 75 words of 397 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 397 total…Immigration Act – categorizes previously excluded classes and includes a literacy test banning those over 16 who can not read some language. Person escaping religious persecution excluded from literary test. Bans most immigrants from Asia. 1921 Immigration Act/Emergency Quota Act – limits immigration from Easter and Southern Europe. Only three percent from each nationality percent in 1910 and no Asians allowed. 1924 Immigration Act – quota from 1921 Immigration Act decreased to two percent in 1890 and limits Japanese entry to 100 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**

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