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Briefly explain ONE specific difference in the immigrant legislation of the 1920s in comparison to the period from 1865 to 1914.

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Answer: In the 1920's congress passed the Quota Laws which limited immigration. The law chiefly restricted the groups of immigrants as "undesirable" by the nativists.

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