Asked by Nebuchadnezzar

Which of these best explains why the 1924 Immigration Act favored immigrants from northern and western Europe?(1 point)
Responses

The act required all immigrants to be Protestants.
The act required all immigrants to be Protestants.

The act required all immigrants to be fluent in English.
The act required all immigrants to be fluent in English.

The act used the 1920 census to determine national quotas.
The act used the 1920 census to determine national quotas.

The act used the 1890 census to determine national quotas.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The act used the 1890 census to determine national quotas.

(Using the earlier census reduced quotas for newer immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, so it favored northern and western Europeans.)