Martin Jewish Immigration Andrew By facebooker_100001649180923 Period: Jan 1, 1840 to Jan 1, 1920 37 million immigrants entered the US Jan 1, 1880 two million Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi Jews immigrated from Eastern Europe Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island Opens Jan 1, 1892 Laws passed by Congress provides examinations of immigrants and the esclusion of convicts or persons suffering from loathsome or contagious diseases Jan 1, 1900 37 million immigrants entered the US Jan 1, 1918 Congress passes the Anarchist Act of 1918 which expands the provisions for the exclusion of subversive aliens Jan 1, 1921 US passes quots laws allowing only a certain number of immigrants from each country Jan 1, 1924 The quota system was changed in 1924 and was based on the desirability of various nationalities. Very few Jewish Immigrants were allowed into the US
