What was the significance of the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924?:

A they limited immigration from Mexico for the first time.

B they created a category of "special immigrants," which included relatives of U. S. citizens living abroad.

C they made immigration requirements qualitative, rather than quantitative.

D they set quotas on immigration from certain areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

E they based annual quotas on a flat one-sixth of one percent of the national population in 1920.

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Gracie Velazquez

15 November, 16:35

What was the significance of the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924?:

A they limited immigration from Mexico for the first time.

B they created a category of "special immigrants," which included relatives of U. S. citizens living abroad.

C they made immigration requirements qualitative, rather than quantitative.

D they set quotas on immigration from certain areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

E they based annual quotas on a flat one-sixth of one percent of the national population in 1920.

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Nigel Cain · Answer 1

The answer is D they set quotas on immigration from certain areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa. This introduced a quota system to limit to the number of people entering the United States. Some of the reasons why this was implemented was due to the economic hardships of the Great Depression.