Emergency Quota Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:associated_with Americanization efforts
gptkbp:controversy discriminatory practices
gptkbp:date_enacted gptkb:1921
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:U._S._Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service
gptkbp:established_quota 3% of the total number of people of each nationality in the U. S. as of 1910
gptkbp:historical_context post-World War I America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Emergency Quota Act
gptkbp:impact reduced immigration from certain countries
gptkbp:influenced_by nativism
gptkbp:is_applied_in immigrants from Europe
gptkbp:is_opposed_by immigrant rights activists
gptkbp:is_supported_by nativist groups
gptkbp:is_targeted_at Southern and Eastern Europeans
gptkbp:led_to increased illegal immigration
gptkbp:limited_entry non-European immigrants
gptkbp:purpose to limit immigration to the United States
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1924
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:resulted_in visa restrictions
gptkbp:significance first law to impose numerical limits on immigration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Warren_Harding
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3