Emergency Quota Act of 1921

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:appliesTo immigrants_from_Europe
gptkbp:associatedWith 1920s immigration restrictions
gptkbp:controversy discrimination against specific nationalities
gptkbp:createdBy immigration bureaucracy
gptkbp:effectiveDate May 19, 1921
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
gptkbp:established national origins quota system
gptkbp:hasDepartment number_of_immigrants_allowed_from_Asia
gptkbp:hasLegalStatus 1921
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Emergency Quota Act of 1921
gptkbp:influenced future immigration legislation
gptkbp:influencedBy nativism
gptkbp:inspiredBy World War I sentiments
gptkbp:isChallengedBy labor unions
courts
the President
civil rights advocates
immigrant rights organizations
gptkbp:isCitedIn gptkb:Congress
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor scholars
racial and ethnic discrimination
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn public forums
gptkbp:isExaminedBy immigration officials
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy economic conditions
gptkbp:isLocatedIn gptkb:the_United_States
gptkbp:isVisitedBy subsequent immigration laws
fear of foreign influence
gptkbp:ledTo Immigration Act of 1924
illegal immigration increase
gptkbp:partOf U.S._immigration_policy_history
gptkbp:purpose to_limit_immigration_to_the_United_States
gptkbp:reduces quota_for_Southern_Europeans
gptkbp:replacedBy Immigration Act of 1924
gptkbp:resultedIn decrease in immigration from certain countries
gptkbp:setlist 3% of the total number of foreign-born individuals from each nationality in the 1910 census
gptkbp:signature gptkb:Warren_G._Harding
gptkbp:targets Southern_and_Eastern_Europeans
gptkbp:updates quota_for_Northern_Europeans
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt reducing immigration levels
gptkbp:wasPartOf post-war immigration policy
the 1920s immigration laws
the_House_and_Senate
the_broader_context_of_U.S._immigration_policy
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy business interests
nativist_groups