The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924,with Its Imposition of National Quotas

question 8

Multiple Choice

The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924,with its imposition of national quotas and racial restrictions,contributed to the U.S.racial order by:

• A)distinguishing all Europeans as part of a white race,distinct from all those considered nonwhite
• B)blaming immigrants for the rise of urban poverty and class conflict
• C)creating a symbolic boundary between ancestry and phenotype in racial classification
• D)Producing rigid immigration controls that gave rise to illegal border-crossing

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