The National Origins Act of 1924 allowed 2% of persons from a specific country to immigrate to the US per year, based on the total population of persons from that country from the 1890 census.

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The National Origins Act of 1924 allowed 2% of persons from a specific country to immigrate to the US per year, based on the total population of persons from that country from the 1890 census.

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The National Origins Act of 1924 established quotas for immigration to the United States based on the national origin of the population as recorded in the 1890 census. It allowed 2% of the number of individuals from each country in the U.S. as of that census to immigrate each year.