ASIAN AM 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Immigration Act Of 1924, Vital Record, Social Desirability Bias
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Growth of nativism: differentiating real citizens from other people. Growth of eugenics: only wanted perfect race coming into u. s, breeding most desirable race and humans. Use of immigration laws to determine social desirability of race and nationality. Barred criminals, feeble minded, alcoholics, beggars, persons mentally and physically. Barred anarchists: discrimination based on political beliefs. Created literacy tests: targeted jews from germany and catholics from ireland. Created asiatic barred zone or asia pacific triangle: growth of asian exclusion, middle east was included, formation of term asian american , nobody was accepted from these areas. Used 1910 census, established 3% quotas: reduced immigration from southern and eastern europe, southeaster european countries. 45% of quotas: northwestern european countries. Other names: johnson-reed act, national origins act, asian exclusion act. Nativist considered 1921 quotas not good enough. Used 1890 census and 2% quotas: mostly people for northwestern europe immigrated. National origins quota, limit southeastern european immigration.