Question

How did the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed affect immigration to the United States? Be sure to use at least three informative sentences for this.

Answer 1

Answer:

The stock market crash was not the only reason for the Great Depression, but it was a major one. By 1933 almost half the banks in America failed. This caused 30% (about 15 million people) of the working country to become unemployed.

Answer 2

Answer:

How did the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed affect immigration to the United States?

Explanation:

There was a lot of nativism (believe that native-born Americans are

superior to foreigners).

Immigration Act of 1924 reduced the number of immigrants using quotas.

There were threats of deportation.  

Migrant workers had harsher work environments and lower wages.

Many immigrants migrated west.