Immigrants from Asian countries were
A)allowed to enter the country in unlimited numbers by a 1924 Supreme Court decision.
B)not mentioned in any federal law prior to 1973.
C)strongly recruited to the United States by the federal government between 1882 and 1943.
D)largely prohibited from entering the United States prior to the 1940s.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibited Chinese immigration, and subsequent laws restricted immigration from other Asian countries. It was not until the 1940s that immigration policies began to change, and even then, there were still restrictions in place. So, immigrants from Asian countries were largely prohibited from entering the United States prior to the 1940s.

Immigrants from Asian Countries Were