Immigration Act of 1924 - Milestone Documents

Immigration Act of 1924

( 1924 ) Commentary by Ryan Fontanella, St. Philip's College

Further Reading

Books

  • Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life, 2nd ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.
  • Jacobson, Matthew F. Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.
  • Parker, Kunal M. Making Foreigners: Immigration and Citizenship Law in America, 1600–2000. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Websites

  • “The Immigration Act of 1924.” Historical Highlights, History, Art, and Archives, U.S. House of Representatives. https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Immigration-Act-of-1924/.
  • “Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act).” Immigration History, University of Texas–Austin Department of History. https://immigrationhistory.org/item/1924-immigration-act-johnson-reed-act/.
  • “The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act).” In Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations. Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act.
  • “Who Was Shut Out? Immigration Quotas, 1925–1927.” History Matters, George Mason University. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5078.
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