Emergency Quota Act of 1921

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The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was a U.S. immigration law that sharply limited and skewed immigration by imposing national-origin quotas favoring northern and western Europeans, reflecting the era’s strong nativist sentiment.

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instanceOf United States federal immigration law ⓘ
quota-based immigration law ⓘ
administrationBy United States Department of Labor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 ⓘ
Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 ⓘ
annualNumericalLimit approximately 357,000 immigrants per year ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
disfavoredRegion Eastern Europe ⓘ
Southern Europe ⓘ
duration intended as temporary emergency measure ⓘ
effect institutionalized national-origin quotas in U.S. immigration policy ⓘ
restricted immigration from southern and eastern Europe ⓘ
sharply reduced overall immigration to the United States ⓘ
shifted the composition of immigrants toward northern and western Europeans ⓘ
effectiveDate 1921-06-03 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
excludedGroup immigrants from Asia already barred under earlier exclusion laws ⓘ
exemption immigrants from countries in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ
professionals such as professors ⓘ
students ⓘ
temporary visitors ⓘ
favoredRegion Northern Europe ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
followedBy Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
geographicScope U.S. federal immigration system ⓘ
historicalContext First Red Scare ⓘ
nativism in the United States ⓘ
post–World War I era ⓘ
influenceOn Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
inspiredBy concerns about postwar unemployment ⓘ
fears of radical political movements ⓘ
pressure from nativist organizations ⓘ
legalDomain immigration law ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
policyType restrictionist immigration policy ⓘ
precededBy Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ
purpose to establish national-origin quotas for immigrants ⓘ
to limit immigration to the United States ⓘ
quotaBasis 3 percent of the number of foreign-born persons of each nationality in the United States according to the 1910 census ⓘ
quotaYearReference 1910 United States Census ⓘ
reflectsIdeology nativism ⓘ
racialized conceptions of national origin ⓘ
relatedTo Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ
replacedBy permanent quota system under the Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
signedBy Warren G. Harding ⓘ
signingDate 1921-05-19 ⓘ
timePeriod 1920s ⓘ

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Nativism in the United States → associatedWithPolicy → Emergency Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ
Immigration Act of 1917 → followedBy → Immigration Act of 1921 ⓘ
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Emergency Quota Act of 1921 → alsoKnownAs → Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 ⓘ
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Immigration Act of 1924 → replaced → Emergency Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ
Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 → alsoKnownAs → Emergency Quota Act ⓘ
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Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 → alsoKnownAs → Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 ⓘ
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Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 → alsoKnownAs → Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ
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Warren G. Harding administration → majorLegislation → Emergency Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ
67th United States Congress → enacted → Emergency Quota Act ⓘ
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