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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Alien_Registration_Act_of_1940
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:54_Stat._670
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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June 29, 1940
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Red_Scare
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:notableCase
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gptkb:Yates_v._United_States
gptkb:Dennis_v._United_States
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gptkbp:penalty
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fines
imprisonment up to 20 years
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gptkbp:purpose
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required all non-citizen adult residents to register with the government
set criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:anti-communism_in_the_United_States
civil liberties
First Amendment law
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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Alien registration provisions repealed in 1981
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gptkbp:section
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gptkb:Title_I:_Alien_Registration
gptkb:Title_II:_Advocacy_of_Overthrow_of_Government
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
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gptkbp:usedIn
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prosecutions of Communist Party members
prosecutions of Socialist Workers Party members
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkb:Red_Scare
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Smith Act
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