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A century ago, anti-immigrant backlash almost closed America’s doors

  • Written by Matthew Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Miami University
A century ago, anti-immigrant backlash almost closed America’s doorsImmigrant children at Ellis Island in New York, 1908.National Archives/Wikimedia Commons

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress enacted the most notorious immigration legislation in American history. Signed by President Calvin Coolidge, the Immigration Act of 1924 dramatically reduced immigration from eastern and southern Europe and practically...

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