Author: Statistical Abstract of the United States

Place and Time: Washington, D.C.  1929

Prior Knowledge: The government set limits on imigration in the 1920's

Audience: everyone

Reason: To show the number of immigrants, by country, that were allowd to come to the U.S.

The Main Idea: Most of the immigrants taht were allowed to come to the U.S. were from Northwestern Europe and Scandinavia, but only a total of 164,667 people were allowed total.