Question

QUESTION 3

Why did the Johnson Reed Act use the Census of 1890 as its basis for determining immigration quotas by nation?
A. The authors of the act were trying to ignore the demands of the Immigration Restriction League.
B. 1892 was before large numbers of immigrants from Italy, Russia, and central and eastern Europe came to the US.
C. The Johnson Reed Act prohibited the immigration of Chinese, and no Chinese had come to the United States before 1890.
D. 1890 was the most recent census available when the act was passed in 1924.

Answer 1

Option: D. 1890 was the most recent census available when the act was passed in 1924.

Step-by-step explanation:

Johnson-Reed Act is also called the Immigration Act of 1924. Immigration Act of 1924 used the national census of 1890 as its basis for managing quotas. The 1890 census was the only available data for deciding how many immigrants to admit. It reduced the percentage of immigration up to two per cent.