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Question 9(Multiple Choice Worth 3 points)

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Question 9
Answer: It reduced immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants using a quota. This quota stopped most of the Eastern and Southern European immigrants that were flooding in during the 1920s before the act was passed.

Question 10
Answer: "Immigrants who lack American values weaken our culture."
Nativism increased as immigration also increased. Nativists saw themselves as the true Americans and displayed prejudice towards immigrants. This quote shows the distaste that nativists had for immigrants.

Question 11
Answer: The Farmers' Alliance and the Populist Party
The Farmer's Alliance was an organization created in an attempt to solve the financial problems of farmers in the industrializing world. Many members of this organization went on to merge into the Populist Party, bringing many of their ideas with them.