Get Free Access for 10 Days!
Primary

History Matters: An Un American Bill: A Congressman Denounces Immigration Quotas

Curated by ACT

The rise of anti-immigration feeling after World War I resulted in legislation limiting the number of immigrants from various areas of of the world. Read the speech by a Congressman decrying the immigration quotas by giving examples of the quality of the immigrants that made up his congressional district.

3 Views 0 Downloads
Additional Tags
anti-immigrant policies, immigration quotas, immigration restriction, nativism, quotas, immigration act of 1924, johnson-reed act, native origins act
Show More Show Less
Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information