History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1692 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Closed Door
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The idea
In nineteen thirty-nine the liner St. Louis carried over nine hundred Jewish refugees, but the American quota system gave them no visas, the Yawp records.
In practice
The quota law of nineteen twenty-four holding the door shut.
Where people slip
In nineteen forty-four Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. helped form the War Refugee Board, which the Yawp says saved over one hundred thousand lives.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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