History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1970 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Immigration Act of 1965
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The idea
The Immigration and Nationality Act of nineteen sixty-five abolished the national-origins quotas of nineteen twenty-four, the Yawp records, opening the country to immigrants from beyond northern and western Europe.
In practice
The anchor's summary: it overturned laws of the nineteen twenties that favoured western and northern Europeans.
Where people slip
Unit nine taught the quota formula; this is its reversal.
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