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Immigration Act of 1924

Explain the events that led up the passage of that law and explain what the law
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The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census

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