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 (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 canonical | 2 |
| Per Centum Limit Act | 1 |
| Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 (Public Law 67-5) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1772620 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 Context triple: [Emergency Quota Act of 1921, alsoKnownAs, Per Centum Limit Act of 1921]
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A.
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B.
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C.
Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951
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D.
Geary Act
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E.
Butler Act
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
-
B.
East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873
The East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 was a British law that finalized the financial and legal arrangements for winding up the British East India Company, effectively ending its remaining corporate existence.
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C.
Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951
The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951 is an Indian statute that lays down the composition, qualifications, and functioning framework of the Finance Commission of India.
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D.
Geary Act
The Geary Act was an 1892 U.S. law that extended and intensified Chinese exclusion by requiring Chinese residents to carry residency permits and imposing harsh penalties for noncompliance.
-
E.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal immigration law
ⓘ
statute ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Emergency Immigration Act of 1921
ⓘ
linked to:
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Emergency Quota Act ⓘ
linked to:
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ
linked to:
Emergency 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
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| 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
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| policyGoal |
preserve existing ethnic composition of the United States
ⓘ
reduce overall immigration levels ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Chinese Exclusion Act
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ |
| quotaBasis |
country of birth
ⓘ
nationality ⓘ |
| quotaPercentage | 3 percent ⓘ |
| quotaReferenceYear | 1910 United States Census ⓘ |
| restrictedImmigrationFrom |
Asia
ⓘ
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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Subject: Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Per Centum Limit Act of 1921
linked to: Per Centum Limit Act of 1921