Limits on Immigration

Mr. Doherty

Mrs. T

Why would Americans want to limit immigration?

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Nativists

Term given to people who wanted to limit immigration in the U.S.

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What group have we learned about in the past that was similar to nativists in the sense that they wanted to limit a certain groups rights?

Reasons Nativists opposed Immigration

1. Willing to work for low pay

2. They spoke different languages

Chinese Exclusion Act

Law passed by Congress – under it no Chinese laborer could enter the U.S.

No Chinese living in the U.S. could return once they left the country.

Reasons Nativists Excluded

Did not understand Chinese customs. Chinese were not willing to assimilate Many planned to save $ and leave

Quota System

System that limited immigration Allowed only a certain number of

immigrants from each country. “America must be kept American”

Immigration Acts of 1921 & 1924

1921 – limited # of immigrants to 3% of each country.

1924 – limited # of immigrants to 2% of each country.

Melting Pot

Taking all cultures of immigrants and melting them together into one culture.

Salad Bowl

Idea that all the different cultures of immigrants are combined and not merged together.