The National Origins quota system
A) allowed a large quota of new immigrants from northern European countries but only a small quota of new immigrants from eastern and southern European countries.
B) allowed only a small quota of new immigrants from northern European countries but a large quota of immigrants from eastern and southern European countries.
C) allowed the same quota of new immigrants from every country around the world.
D) abolished the quota system for immigrants from certain countries.
E) outlawed all immigration from European countries.

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The National Origins quota system, established by the United States in 1924, discriminated against immigrants from eastern and southern European countries, allowing only small quotas for them while allowing a larger quota of new immigrants from northern European countries. This system aimed to maintain the ethnic and cultural homogeneity of the United States by restricting immigration from certain regions.

The National Origins Quota System