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What was the quota system? What did it imply about the US' views on immigrants?
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The quota system, also known as the National Origins Formula, was a system established by the Immigration Act of 1924 that placed limits on the number of immigrants allowed into the United States based on their country of origin. The quotas were based on the percentage of each nationality already living in the U.S. according to the 1890 census, favoring immigrants from Northwestern Europe.
The quota system implied that the U.S. viewed immigrants from certain countries, particularly those from Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, as less desirable or less assimilable than those from Northwestern Europe. It reflected nativist and xenophobic attitudes towards immigrants and aimed to restrict the influx of non-white and non-Protestant immigrants into the U.S. It was also a response to growing fears of immigrant competition for jobs and resources during a period of economic uncertainty and rising nativism.
The quota system implied that the U.S. viewed immigrants from certain countries, particularly those from Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, as less desirable or less assimilable than those from Northwestern Europe. It reflected nativist and xenophobic attitudes towards immigrants and aimed to restrict the influx of non-white and non-Protestant immigrants into the U.S. It was also a response to growing fears of immigrant competition for jobs and resources during a period of economic uncertainty and rising nativism.
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The quota system, established by the Immigration Act of 1924, limited the number of immigrants based on their country of origin, favoring Northwestern European immigrants. This implied that the U.S. viewed immigrants from certain countries as less desirable and reflected xenophobic attitudes towards non-white and non-Protestant immigrants. It was a response to nativist fears of immigrant competition for jobs and resources.