Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:affects |
immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Emergency_Quota_Act
|
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
May 19, 1921
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| gptkbp:effect |
drastically reduced immigration from certain countries
|
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:67th_United_States_Congress
|
| gptkbp:excludes |
government position
professional immigrants immigrants from Western Hemisphere nonimmigrant visitors |
| gptkbp:historicalName |
post-World War I nativism
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Immigration Act of 1921
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
public pressure for immigration restriction
|
| gptkbp:legalCitation |
Public Law 67-5
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
no major numerical immigration restrictions
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to limit the number of immigrants admitted into the United States
|
| gptkbp:quotaBasis |
3% of the number of residents from each country living in the U.S. as of the 1910 Census
|
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1924
|
| gptkbp:section |
Title I: Immigration Quotas
Title II: Administrative Provisions |
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Warren_G._Harding
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:immigration_law
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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