Document 5
Immigration
Before and After
Quota Laws
Average annual number
of immigrants before quotas
(1907-1914)
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Emergency Quota Act
Amended 1924
National Origins Act of 1929
From
Northern and
Western
Europe
176,983
198,082
140,999
132,323
-
From Southern
and Eastern
Europe and
Asia
685,531
158,367
21,847
20,251
Historical Statistics of the United States
According to this chart, what effect did the quota laws have on immigration to the United States?