Remembering Yesteryear: United States -The 1924 Immigration Act and the White Australia policy – Immigration Restriction Act of 1901
Today, there are many in the United States who have a goal to slow the growth of the immigrants of non-European ancestry. Many tend to focus on using “code wording” such as ‘illegal immigrant’ or ‘undocumented immigrants’ as rallying call.
Let’s take a look back at a time when the United States openly blocked immigrants who were not from northern Europe.
First, enjoy these videos on European migration around the world and into the United States. Then please take the time to read the historical newspaper articles to better understand how the media reported on the subject on the demographics of immigrants.
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Video: Immigration 1946 Encyclopedia Britannica Films – History of Immigration to the United States
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Video: Italians in Canada: The Great Emigration 1945-1970
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Video: Immigrants From Europe In Australia (1948)
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Video: White Australia – Rise and Fall
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Video: Robert Menzies on the White Australia Policy
Robert Gordon Menzies, who died May 15, 1978, served twice as Prime Minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966.
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1929 White Australia Policy
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Video: White South Africans who supported Apartheid emigrate to New Zealand after the collapse of the legal Apartheid system in 1991.
Some South Africans bring their racism with them to New Zealand.
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Video: White South Africans return home
At the fall of Apartheid 1 in 5 whites departed South Africa
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When European were given an opportunity to become Americans
1903
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1911
1912
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1924 Immigration Act
Enacted May 26, 1924
The 1924 Immigration Act set quotas that limited annual immigration from particular countries. The legislation identified who could enter as a “non-quota” immigrant.
Until July 1st, 1927, allowable annual quotas for each nationality would be two percent of the total population of that nationality as recorded in the 1890 Census. The minimum quota was 100.
After July 1st, 1927, allowable annual quotas for each nationality would be based on the national origins – ‘by birth or ancestry’ – of the total US population as recorded in 1920. The overall quota of 150,000 immigrants would be divided between countries in proportion to the ancestry of the 1920 population, with a minimum quota of 100.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States 1929
Immigration
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Historical statistics post during World War II
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January 15, 2018
Africa, Did you know?, Government/Politics, International, Remember yesteryear