Immigration controls Flashcards
1
Q
What was America know as before ww1?
A
The “Melting pot” for races and nationalities
2
Q
In 1917 what did immigrants used to have to do?
A
Take a literacy test and people favoured northern Europeans
3
Q
What were the emergency act in 1921?
A
Based on nationality allowing 3% of the number from that country in the USA in 1910
4
Q
What was the Reed-Johnson Act?
A
In 1924 max number of immigrants in one year was set to 154000 however Eastern European countries were only allowed to sed 20,000 non-europeans 4000
