What Is the Connection Between Ideas About Race in the 1920s

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is the connection between ideas about race in the 1920s and U.S.immigration policy during the decade?

• A) Immigrants arrived in large numbers because of relaxed ideas about race.
• B) The U.S.immigration service prevented Europeans but not Asians from arriving.
• C) Congress acted on racist ideas to pass very restrictive immigration laws.
• D) The President of the United States opened the U.S.border to free Mexican immigration.

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Definitions:

Genetic Variation

The diversity in gene frequencies within a population, which can result from mutation, genetic recombination, and gene flow, contributing to biological diversity.

Prey Species

Animals that are hunted and consumed by other animals (predators) for food.

Founder Effect

A genetic phenomenon that occurs when a small group of individuals breaks away from a larger population to establish a new population, leading to a reduction in genetic variation.

Genetic Drift

Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution that leads to random changes in the gene pool of a population, often having significant effects in small populations.