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immigration restrictions
Intolerance toward immigrants from southern and eastern Europe resulted in the Immigration Act, which placed a numerical cap on immigration and instituted a deliberately discriminatory system of national quotas. The United States adopted a new immigration law which ended the quota system. -
Tenant housing
person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time,a person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personalty of another, usually for rent. -
Poor work conditions
Working conditions were miserable, workers often got sick or died because of the long hours and unsanitary conditions. Workers formed unions and went on strike, and the government passes legislation to improve unsafe and inhumane conditions. -
Urbanization
Increased agricultural efficiency resulted in fewer jobs in the farming areas and the rural population started looking to the cities and towns for employment beginning urbanization in America.People in rural areas moved to the towns and cities. Immigrants flocked to the towns and cities.
