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The '''Immigration Act of 1924''' (also known as the '''Johnson-Reed Act''') was the second major act signed by the [[United States]] that imposed restrictions on [[immigration]]. The act reduced the total quota number of immigration into the United States to 165,000-20 percent less then the pre-[[World War I]] average. <ref name="gmu">http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5078/</ref>
The '''Immigration Act of 1924''' (also known as the '''Johnson-Reed Act''') was the second major act signed by the [[United States]] that imposed restrictions on [[immigration]]. The act reduced the total quota number of immigration into the United States to 165,000-20 percent less than the pre-[[World War I]] average. <ref name="gmu">http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5078/</ref>
The quota instruction limited effort to limit immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe and reduced the amount of Italians entering the United States from 200,000 to 4,000. <ref name="gmu" />The act also provided for a future reduction of the quotas to 154,000.<ref>http://www.historicaldocuments.com/ImmigrationActof1924.htm</ref> As a result of the act only 500,000 people entered the United States during the 1930's.
The quota instruction limited effort to limit immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe and reduced the amount of Italians entering the United States from 200,000 to 4,000. <ref name="gmu" />The act also provided for a future reduction of the quotas to 154,000.<ref>http://www.historicaldocuments.com/ImmigrationActof1924.htm</ref> As a result of the act only 500,000 people entered the United States during the 1930's.