The law resulted in the ship in the thick makeup of people immigrating to america. Listedent took university of californias washington entered. On the far left matt garcia is the director of this cool historical studies. He also directs the comparative order studies program. He was the recipient of the National Endowment in 2008 in the public history award that the National Council of public history in 2009 and 10. Erika lee as an american historian and awardwinning the chair andds immigration history. Her books include an american a chinese immigration. In her newly published the making of america in american history. Admirer of this distinguished professor the Graduate Center of the university of new york. 2008 he received the award were distinguished career scholarship and the National Migrations finally main i is u. S. Legal and medical historian. To that none immigration history and the and the author of the awardwinning illegal aliens in the making of modern. [applause] begin i justwe printed the south october 3, 1965 mrs. Johnson is on Liberty Island the signing their money area this is what he says ascribing the heart seller at the 1965. Still he says we will sign today is not revolutionary and does not affect the lives of. It will not reshape the structure of our daily lives lee had to our wealth or power. It is still one of the most important acts of this congress. It does repair a very deep and law this is a simple test those who can contribute most of the country to its growth strengthens your it will be the first admitted. The fact is that for over four the ability of new immigrants to come to america only three countries were allowed to fly 70 of all immigrants. Apart becausekept either husband wife or child had been born in the wrong way. Men of similar talent were denied entrance because they came from other northeast europe. The system violated the basic american democracy. It has been unamerican in the highest and. Today with my signature to believe that we will never again our beautiful america was built a nation of strangers. The days of unlimited immigration past. Of whatcome up, because they are not because of land from which this. I want to start. Cried . Was this on the day on the signing the rhetoric that i just read. You absolutely should try. It was a scary moment. Not only is he there with this grant thats on Liberty Island is Lady Bird JohnsonHubert Humphrey johnsons daughter a monopoly of longterm and very letters. This was really a momentous occasion. I like the way he is downplaying it area this is not a revolutionary bill that to the lives of aliens. However its one of the most important bills. I hope we will get to talk about in a little bit what that actually means. Why is he downplaying the momentous change is about to write in law to my i think the dressing is what is the system breaks19 to define smart with thesestice referring to are the National Origins causes. The three countries that were allowed 70 of the visas were the united in germany and ireland. The quota for germany was 51,000. The quota for italy was Something Like report hundred. Deeply unfair and unequal system. Disadvantaged immigration and southern and Eastern Europe but also every asian immigrant group. We can go back to these to talk about those laws area this was a discriminatory rate is law. What were the Political Forces that led to this legislation . Well the 1964 elections created a super majority in both houses of democrats. Was the largest in the chronic majority of the new deal. Thats legislative. What accounts for that to her majority . Changeda lot of money in the elect oral math was the rise of euro american ethnic what we call white italianamerican slavic americans people who were in the factories children of the people become at the turnofthecentury before quota act. They were now a substantial voting lot. They were active members of the a is. They had to be reckoned with. The jews ineration italian that, beginning of the century based on the quote is is an and will. People from my country are not going enough to come here whether the about what you think of me it was part of this movement after world war ii of people of european descent feeling that they were not fully recognize shaded