Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Johnson-Reed_Act
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| gptkbp:annualQuota |
2% of the number of people from that country already living in the U.S. as of the 1890 census
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| gptkbp:category |
immigration law
United States federal immigration and nationality legislation 1924 in American law |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
May 26, 1924
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| gptkbp:effect |
immigration from Asia
immigration from Africa immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe immigration from Western Europe |
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:68th_United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:established |
national origins quota system
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| gptkbp:excludes |
gptkb:East_Asians
gptkb:Chinese gptkb:Arabs gptkb:Filipinos gptkb:Indians gptkb:Asians Japanese Other Asian nationalities |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Immigration Act of 1924
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:racism
gptkb:eugenics_movement nativism xenophobia |
| gptkbp:legacy |
contributed to the Great Migration of African Americans
impacted Jewish refugees during World War II increased illegal immigration from Mexico influenced Nazi Germany's racial laws shaped U.S. immigration policy for four decades contributed to decline in U.S. population growth from immigration |
| gptkbp:provides |
barred entry of aliens ineligible for citizenship
created U.S. Border Patrol excluded immigrants from Asia exempted Western Hemisphere countries from quotas exempted professionals and students from quotas limited total annual immigration to 150,000 required visas for immigrants set quotas for each nationality allowed family reunification under certain conditions favored immigrants from Northern and Western Europe |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to limit the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
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| gptkbp:quotaBasedOn |
gptkb:1920_United_States_Census
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| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965
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| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Emergency_Quota_Act_of_1921
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| gptkbp:restrictedImmigrationFrom |
gptkb:Asia
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:immigration_law
gptkb:Great_Migration_(European_migration_to_America) |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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