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    1. y pushing back three decades, past the recent waves of “new” immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia, the law made it extremely difficult for immigrants outside northern Europe to legally enter the United States.)

      not much has changed since back then, there is still this decline for new immigrants now

    2. The Harlem Renaissance was manifested in theater, art, and music. For the first time, Broadway presented Black actors in serious roles.

      The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, artistic place centered in Harlem, New York, that redefined African American expression

    3. . Occupations such as law and medicine remained overwhelmingly male: most female professionals were in feminized professions such as teaching and nursing. And even within these fields, it was difficult for women to rise to leadership positions.

      It sucks that during these times women could not choose careers that were considered to be "masculine"