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Interesting topic in light of Events today.... Just a little history !
May 19, 1921. Restricted immigration into the United States. Although intended as temporary legislation, the Act "proved in the long run the most important turning-point in American immigration policy"because it added two new features to American immigration law: numerical limits on immigration and the use of a quota system for establishing those limits. These limits came to be known as the National Origins Formula.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Quota_Act
The most important legislation from the early twentieth century came in 1921. Referred to as the 1921 Quota Act, this legislation utilized immigration statistics to determine a maximum number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States from each nation or region. The numbers were skewed to favor immigration from western European nations while severely curbing immigration from areas perceived to be undesirable.
http://immigration.laws.com/emergency-quota-act
What Spurred the Emergency Quota Act?
This question is among the most difficult and diverse to answer regarding the Emergency Quota Act, and there are many reasons why the system was put into place. In the early 1900s, there was a social anti-immigration movement in the United States. People began to push the federal government to restrict the number of foreigners who could enter the country. This is ironic given that there were already many people here that were in fact foreign-born. There was an inherent prejudice and fear against those who were born elsewhere. Known as xenophobia, this fear contributed to the Nativist movement, which believed in rejection of anyone foreign-born.
There were also economic reasons. In 1919, a recession hit the United States. Mainly caused by a decline in the economy after World War I, there was also an increase of the inflation rate. Unemployment was also very high, and many people who were out of work blamed recent immigrants for taking the few jobs that were out there.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/immigration-quota-system-of-1921-definition-overview.html
https://youtu.be/CufN4zPukTk
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May 19, 1921. Restricted immigration into the United States. Although intended as temporary legislation, the Act "proved in the long run the most important turning-point in American immigration policy"because it added two new features to American immigration law: numerical limits on immigration and the use of a quota system for establishing those limits. These limits came to be known as the National Origins Formula.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Quota_Act
The most important legislation from the early twentieth century came in 1921. Referred to as the 1921 Quota Act, this legislation utilized immigration statistics to determine a maximum number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States from each nation or region. The numbers were skewed to favor immigration from western European nations while severely curbing immigration from areas perceived to be undesirable.
http://immigration.laws.com/emergency-quota-act
What Spurred the Emergency Quota Act?
This question is among the most difficult and diverse to answer regarding the Emergency Quota Act, and there are many reasons why the system was put into place. In the early 1900s, there was a social anti-immigration movement in the United States. People began to push the federal government to restrict the number of foreigners who could enter the country. This is ironic given that there were already many people here that were in fact foreign-born. There was an inherent prejudice and fear against those who were born elsewhere. Known as xenophobia, this fear contributed to the Nativist movement, which believed in rejection of anyone foreign-born.
There were also economic reasons. In 1919, a recession hit the United States. Mainly caused by a decline in the economy after World War I, there was also an increase of the inflation rate. Unemployment was also very high, and many people who were out of work blamed recent immigrants for taking the few jobs that were out there.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/immigration-quota-system-of-1921-definition-overview.html
https://youtu.be/CufN4zPukTk
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell awesome read and share, much informational. Good day and keep the reads/shares coming!
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I have read about this elsewhere, understand the system but not so sure I agree with it. Perhaps we should adopt something like other countries have, there is a standing needs list and if you meet these needs you are permitted to immigrate, if not there is a first come first served.
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Thank you John for the great share on the immigration act, naturally they blamed the immigrants for all the problems then.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
SGT John " Mac " McConnell - good morning John, hope you have a splendid day.
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