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Why did the Congress limit immigration from countries in shoutern and Eastern Europe?

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There are several reasons why the United States decided to limit immigration in 1921. ... number of immigrants who came to our country from South and East Europe ... Therefore, Congress set up quotas determining how many could immigrate

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