What was the quota act of 1924 (first introduced in 1921) designed to do?
end the importation of enslaved africans
improve the literacy rate among immigrants
increase immigration from asia and latin america
increase immigration from southern and eastern europe
preserve the anglo-saxon, protestant character of the united states

The Quota Act of 1924 was designed to preserve the Anglo-Saxon, Protestant character of the United States.

Explanation:

The Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act, was a federal law passed on May 16, 1924 in the United States of America to limit immigration. This law was much more restrictive than the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 by banning entry to the entire Chinese population and extending restrictions to other Asian immigrant groups, and to a lesser extent , to people from Eastern and Southern Europe; on the other hand, it did not apply to persons originating from the American continent.

A. It inspired colonists to elect their own government with leaders of their choice.

Explanation:

Since the 1760's the public opinion of the thirteen colonies was becoming aware of their identity and unity of interests in a growing opposition against the British government, which did not heed the calls for moderation; until the dynamics of mutual challenges led to an armed conflict, the War of Independence (1775-1783).

The American revolution meant for that young society a series of great intellectual and social changes, such as the new republican ideals that, debated by the "founding fathers", were assimilated by the population. Civil and political rights were recognized as they were conceived by revolutionaries (influenced by Rousseau's contractualism), as natural and inalienable rights.

The new concepts of democracy and republicanism, based on the writings of Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Voltaire, produced an agitation of the traditional social hierarchy and created a new public ethic that shaped the essence of American social and political values.