Immigration Restriction US 1920s

WASP stands for

• White, Anglican, Social, Protestant

• White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant

• White, Aged, Scottish, Poor

• Wise, Anglican, Saxon, Pure

Between 1900 and 1920 ​ (a)   immigrants had arrived.

• 14 million
• 4 million
• 20 million
• 10 million

Match the following acts with the correct dates.

• National Origins Act -capped immigration at 150,000.National origins Act -

• 1882

• Reduced immigration from Asia.

• 1921

• Emergency Quota Act - Introduced a 3% quota.

• 1924

• Reducsed immigration of diseased and disabled.

• 1907

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• 1917

Harry (Henry) Laughlin believed that

• Eastern and Southern Euopeans were inferior.

• Immigrants should be sterilised.

• All people were created equal.

• Eastern and Southern Europeans would turn to crime.

Immigration ​ (a)   were first introduced as a temporary measure in ​ (b)   .

• quotas
• 1921
• 1924
• 1917
• numbers
• restrictions

Quotas were tightened in ​ (a)   with the National ​ (b)   Act.

• 1924
• Origins
• Birth
• 1923
• Home
• Nativism

_______ is the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants.

President Calvin Coolidge signed the 1924 Immigration Act stating that, 'America must remain _________'.

• clean

• pure

• superior

• America

Americans were concerned about immigration because

• they were worried about loosing their jobs.

• they were concerned about political radicalism.

• the different cultures and religions concerned them.

• they would take more from society than they would contribute.

The Immigration Acts of ​ (a)   and 1924 reduced the number of ​ (b)   allowed into the US. This meant very few could escape to America from ​ (c)   Germany.

• 1921
• Jews
• Nazi
• Catholics
• 1917
• Weimar