An Unintended Consequence of the Immigration Act of 1924 Was

question 27

Multiple Choice

An unintended consequence of the Immigration Act of 1924 was

• A)a large influx of Hispanics from the Western Hemisphere.
• B)a decrease in unskilled laborers at a time when industry needed help with employment.
• C)increased tension with the Japanese and Chinese governments.
• D)an increase in communicable diseases from people immigrating from less healthy nations.
• E)increased radicalism as immigrants often tried to enforce their political beliefs on their new nations.

Identify the effects of role-playing, social norms, and cognitive dissonance on attitudes and behaviors.

Analyze how attitudes are formed and how they guide behavior.

Understand the impact of social, cultural, and psychological factors on individual and group behaviors.

Assess the importance of observing behavior in multiple contexts to avoid attribution errors.

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