also known as the Immigration Act of 1924, which precipitated a two-generation-long pause in mass migration. Upon Coolidge’s signature, multiple benefits to citizen workers ensued immediately.

When Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924 a century ago, The Nation issued a prescient warning to its readers. The 100th anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924 came and went this spring ...

Okrent’s book addresses the background, passage and impact of the Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act, which was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge one hundred ...

It was because of the Immigration Act of 1924 that they each struggled to get to America. Post-World War I Poland had no future in it for Jews; the country had been virulently antisemitic for ...

ON MAY 26, 1924, President Coolidge gave his approval to what is officially known as the Immigration Act of 1924. This new law marks a radical change in the immigration policy of the United States.

A century ago on May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed into law the Immigration Restriction Act and proclaimed: “America must remain American.” Coolidge alluded to a slogan ...

The gates to the New World were slammed shut, or nearly so, when Congress passed the U.S. Immigration Act of 1924. The law set quotas based on national origin, which reduced immigration from ...

A century ago, overwhelming majorities of both parties in Congress voted for the Immigration Act of 1924, which dramatically cut immigration. The editors of Black newspapers and magazines across ...

Congress overrode the veto. The Immigration Act of 1924 reflected desires to tamp down on overall immigration, “but also try to shift the origins of immigration back to the western and northern ...