The 1924 act was passed due to growing public and political concerns about the country's fast-changing social and demographic landscape. It replaced earlier legislation by significantly …

In 1917, the U.S. Congress enacted the first widely restrictive immigration law. The uncertainty generated over national security during World War I made it possible for Congress to pass this …

Dec 9, 2025 · The Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson–Reed Act, upended the way migration into the United States functioned for a century and a half. The legislation …

On this date, the House passed the 1924 Immigration Act —a measure which was a legislative expression of the xenophobia, particularly towards eastern and southern European …

May 15, 2024 · The Immigration Act of 1924 shaped the U.S. population over the course of the 20th century, greatly restricting immigration and ensuring that arriving immigrants were mostly …

To further limit immigration, this law established extended "national origins" quotas, a highly restrictive and quantitatively discriminatory system. The quota system would remain the …

Apr 23, 2024 · On May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act, the first federal law in American history designed to establish permanent, comprehensive …

In order to achieve what Reed called "a miniature America," the 1924 law specified that the number of immigrants from any one country would be limited to the number equal to 2 percent …

Immigration Act of 1924 During the Harding administration, a stop-gap immigration measure was passed by Congress in 1921 for the purpose of slowing the flood of immigrants entering the …

The Immigration Act of 1924 established an annual quota (fixed in 1929 at 150,000) and established the national-origins system, which was to characterize immigration policy for the …