Per Centum Limit Act of 1921
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The Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 was a U.S. federal immigration law that imposed the first numerical limits and nationality-based quotas on immigration, sharply restricting the number of newcomers allowed into the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 canonical | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal immigration law
ⓘ
statute ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
ⓘ
surface form:
Emergency Immigration Act of 1921
Emergency Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ
surface form:
Emergency Quota Act
Emergency Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ
surface form:
Quota Act of 1921
|
| annualNumericalCap | approximately 357,000 immigrants per year ⓘ |
| appliedTo | immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| citation |
42 Stat. 5
ⓘ
Public Law 67-5 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| effectiveDate | 1921-06-03 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 67th United States Congress ⓘ |
| exempted |
artists
ⓘ
domestic servants ⓘ government officials ⓘ immigrants from the Western Hemisphere ⓘ lecturers ⓘ ministers of religion ⓘ nonimmigrant visitors ⓘ nurses ⓘ professional actors ⓘ professors ⓘ singers ⓘ students ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| followedBy | Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
established first comprehensive numerical limits on U.S. immigration
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introduced nationality-based immigration quotas to the United States ⓘ sharply reduced immigration to the United States in the 1920s ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| imposedQuotaOn | immigrants to the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
eugenics movement in the United States
ⓘ
nativism in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalDomain | immigration law ⓘ |
| placeOfEffect |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| policyGoal |
preserve existing ethnic composition of the United States
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reduce overall immigration levels ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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surface form:
Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ |
| quotaBasis |
country of birth
ⓘ
nationality ⓘ |
| quotaPercentage | 3 percent ⓘ |
| quotaReferenceYear | 1910 United States Census ⓘ |
| restrictedImmigrationFrom |
Asia
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Eastern Europe ⓘ Southern Europe ⓘ |
| signedBy | Warren G. Harding ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1921-05-19 ⓘ |
| subject |
immigration quotas
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immigration to the United States ⓘ national-origins restrictions ⓘ |
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