Read the speech by a senator from South Carolina who used racist theories to support his argument for the Immigration Act of 1924. He was not alone in the Senate inhis support for restrictive immigration policies.

Concepts

immigration, racism

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Additional Tags

anti-immigrant policies, nativism, restrictive immigration policies, immigration act of 1924

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