Useful Links
The 1924 Immigration and Naturalization Act
Has excerpts from the law, and a summary of the law https://reimaginingmigration.org/the-1924-immigration-act/ Discusses the purpose of the act and its provisions https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Immigration-Act-of-1924/ |
Primary Sources
Quota Areas Set by the Immigration Act of 1924
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/quota-areas-1924
Text of the Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act)
https://immigrationhistory.org/item/1924-immigration-act-johnson-reed-act/
The twenties in political cartoons
http://americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/divisions/text7/pcnativeforeign.pdf
NCWC Protest to Congress Against the 1924 Immigration Bill, January, 1924
https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/exhibits/show/immigration/documents/protest
"An Act to Limit the Immigration of Aliens into the United States," May 26, 1924
https://cuomeka.wrlc.org/exhibits/show/immigration/documents/1924-act
The House debated John Trevor’s immigration plan in March and April of 1924.
Excerpts from the debate reveal how strongly members felt about immigration and reveal the extent of the influence of Harry Laughlin, a leading American eugenicist.
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/debate-congress