Question

The Immigration Act (Emergency Quota Act) of 1921 restricted the entry of southern and eastern Europeans into the United States, but it did not impact the immigration of Mexicans to the U.S. Why was this exemption made?

Answer 1

Answer: because they were concerned about foreign radicals bringing ideas as Socialism, Communism, and Anarchism invading the United States, especially from southern and eastern Europe.

Explanation:

Many traditionalists were shocked at the social turmoil of 1919. They located the germs of dangerous radicalism in the multiethnic cities teeming with immigrants and foreign ideas. The reactionary conservatism of the 1920s fed on the growing popularity of nativism, Anglo-Saxon racism, and militant Protestantism. This scenario generated new efforts to restrict immigration. An alarmed Congress passed the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, which restricted European arrivals each year to 3 percent of the total number of each nationality represented in the 1910 census. Many traditionalists were shocked at the social turmoil of 1919. They located the germs of dangerous radicalism in the multiethnic cities teeming with immigrants and foreign ideas. The reactionary conservatism of the 1920s fed on the growing popularity of nativism, Anglo-Saxon racism, and militant Protestantism. This scenario generated new efforts to restrict immigration. An alarmed Congress passed the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, which restricted European arrivals each year to 3 percent of the total number of each nationality represented in the 1910 census.

Answer 2

Because, predominantly in the agricultural Western region of the United States, the demand for cheap labor was extremely high at the time. The source of this cheap labor were Mexican immigrants.