In 1924, the Johnson-Reed Act
A)enlarged the total number of immigrants annually admitted to the United States.
B)virtually eliminated immigration of eastern Europeans and Asians.
C)restricted immigration from Western Hemisphere nations for the first time in history.
D)favored immigrants who would speak English.
E)opened immigration to Asians.

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The Johnson-Reed Act, also known as the Immigration Act of 1924, enacted strict quotas that virtually eliminated immigration from eastern and southern European countries, as well as severely restricted immigration from Asia. This act reflected the growing nativist sentiment in the United States and aimed to preserve the country's ethnic composition by favoring immigrants from northern and western Europe. There were no provisions in this act that encouraged immigration from Asia, therefore it did not open immigration to Asians.