Barred the Japanese, Chinese, and illiterate from the country as well as homosexuals, criminals, epileptics, mentally challenged peoples, alcoholics, and beggars.
What did the 1917 Immigration Law do?
100
The Emergency Immigration Act of 1921.
What was the 1921 Emergency Quota also known as?
100
This act was also known as this.
What is the Reed-Johnson Act?
100
Competition for jobs increased.
What was a result of more immigrants entering the country.
200
They would be asked various questions and then receive a medical exam.
What happened to immigrants at Ellis Island?
200
A literacy test consisting of 30-40 words.
What were immigrants required to pass?
200
The percentage of a population a nationality could provide for.
What is 3%?
200
The percentage of a population a nationality could provide for.
What is 2%?
200
Reds
What were communists and anarchists referred to as?
300
3 to 4 hours
How long were kept at Ellis Island?
300
The 1917 Immigration Law was originally vetoed by this president on December 14 in a certain year.
(answer in 2 questions)
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
What is 1916?
300
Government officials and their families, foreigners visiting as tourists or as temporary workers, immigrants for countries within the Western Hemisphere, and minor children of U.S. citizens
Who were the exceptions to the Emergency Quota Act?
300
The act was focused on limiting limiting immigration of Southern Europeans, Eastern Europeans, and Africans. It also banned these group of people from entering the country.
What are the Arabs, East Asians, and Indians?
300
The support of many anti-immigration Americans who did not want Catholics, Jews, African Americans, and many other nationalities of immigrants in their country..
What lead to the Klu-Kluz-Klan gaining political power?
400
Immigrants were sent back to their country of origin.
What happened if an immigrant were not to receive his/her stamp of approval?
400
$8
How much were immigrants over the age of 16 charged to stay within the country?
400
A system of immigration quotas based on the existing proportions of ethnic races within a population.
What is the Nation Origins Formula?
400
The percentage of population a nationality could provide for was based on this year's census.
What is 1890?
400
Many immigrants were Jewish or Catholic.
What alarmed many Protestant Americans?
500
I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, found out three things: First, the streets weren't paved with gold; second, they weren't paved at all: and third, I was expected to pave them.
What is an old Italian saying describing the conditions experienced in America?
500
They were seeking asylum in the United States due to religious persecution in their previous country.
Why did specific immigrants not have to pass a literacy test?
500
The percentage of population a nationality could provide for was based on this year's census.
What is 1910?
500
To "preserve the ideal of American homogeneity."
What was the purpose of the 1924 Immigration Act?
500
The discovery of the Klu-Klux-Klan being shown to steal money from its members.
What lead to a decline in Klu-Klux-Klan membership?