The Immigration Act of 1924 was caused by a multitude of factors. Some of the contributing factors to this law was a huge spike in immigration in recent years, anti-foreign feelings, ethnocentrism, racial issues, and religious issues. The line to get in the door to the United states was teeming with millions of Europeans and Asians, and Americans did not want this huge influx of un-American traditions. Couple all those feelings with the “red scare” or bolshevism, and Americans did not want any part of new immigrants. Many Americans felt that America was a special breed (mainly consisting of Anglo-Saxon Protestant Northern Eur
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