Question

He table below breaks down European immigration to the United States by country and region for the period from 1920 to 1926:

Year

Country of Origin

Britain

Italy

Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey

1920

38,471

95,145

3,913

1921

51,142

222,260

32,793

1922

25,153

40,319

12,244

1923

45,759

46,674

16,082

1924

59,490

56,246

13,173

1925

27,172

6,203

1,566

Which of the following explains the trend shown in the table above? (1 point)

Group of answer choices

The end of the First World War in 1918

The passage of the Immigration Act of 1924

The closing of the Ellis Island immigration facility

The opening of the Angel Island immigration facility

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The opening of the Angel Island immigration facility

Answer 2

The option that explains the trend shown in the table would be B. The passage of the Immigration Act of 1924

The table shows that immigration to the United States from Europe declined sharply after 1924. The Immigration Act of 1924 was a restrictive immigration law that imposed quotas on the number of immigrants from each country.

The law was designed to reduce the number of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, who were seen as less desirable by many Americans at the time.

The Ellis Island immigration facility closed in 1954, but the table shows that immigration had already declined significantly before that.