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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 changed U.S. immigration law. What did it end?

A All immigration from Europe
✓ The system of quotas based on national origin Your answer
C The right of immigrants to become citizens
D Green cards for workers

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The 1965 law, also called the Hart-Celler Act, ended quotas that favored immigrants from Northern and Western Europe. It introduced a system based more on family ties and skills.

Source: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act); U.S. Office of the Historian

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