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How did the Immigration Quota Law of 1924 and the Act of 1929 set the number admitted each year?
A150,000 a year, shared out by 1920 nationality counts
B150,000 a year, shared out equally by nationality
C500,000 a year, shared out by 1920 nationality counts
D150,000 a year, shared out by order of application
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. 150,000 a year, shared out by 1920 nationality counts
1. 1. The measures capped the annual number of immigrants at 150,000.
2. 2. That total was then divided among nationalities in proportion to the number of their countrymen already present in 1920.
3. 3. Because the recent arrivals had come largely from southern and eastern Europe, a base year of 1920 favoured earlier sources of migration.
4. 4. That is why the result is described as making immigration selective.
5. 5. An equal share for every nationality would ignore the proportion rule that the measures set.
6. 6. Order of application plays no part in a quota built on population counts.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section AMERICA IN THE 1920s_
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