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1) How is the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 a reflection of

the U.S. practice of Nativism and Isolationism?

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Answer:

Because the Act introduced the first ever quotas of a numerical nature limiting the number of immigrants that would be allowed in, It should that nativisit and isolationist sentiment was strong in the US.

Step-by-step explanation:

America, in the 1920s, had become more nativist and isolationist. After the first world war, Americans was striving the maintain the image of America as a nation of immigrants from western and northern Europe and this Act sought to primarily prohibit the influx of Easter and Southern Europeans. They deemed these groups as undesirable.

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