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[[File:1535px-European_immigration_to_the_United_States_1881-1940.png|left|300px|thumbnail|Changes in immigration to US between 1881 and 1940]]
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia.
====Conclusion====
In all of its parts, the most basic purpose of the 1924 Immigration Act was to preserve the ideal of U.S. homogeneity. This notion of the ideal homogeneity was sharply racist and discriminated not only against Asians, Africans, and Latin Americans but also Europeans who were viewed as less desirable (Jews, Slavs, Greeks, etc.). Congress made it clear during the debates surrounding the law that it wanted to ensure a white, Northern European and Protestant majority in the United States.
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* Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]
* Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act| The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)]