The Senate consisted of representatives of every rank on the social pyramid of Athens, (except for slaves and women). Then they would make laws together and decide if go to a war or not. That's a direct democracy there is a main leader but he can be taken out and put by someone else, the Senate had much more power than the leader. That's why they succeeded on how to negotiate and act on a war.
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.