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xxMikexx [17]
3 years ago
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Which was the first US law to restrict immigration

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Andrei [34K]3 years ago
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Answer: A.The Immigration Reform and Control Act

Alona [7]3 years ago
3 0

A literacy requirement was added in the Immigration Act of 1917. In 1921 the United States Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, which established national immigration quotas. The quotas were based on the number of foreign-born residents of each nationality who were living in the United States as of the 1910 census.

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