Immigration Act of 1924

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The Immigration Act of 1924 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through national-origins quotas favoring Northern and Western Europeans, reflecting and reinforcing the era’s strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments.

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Generate an image of the Immigration Act of 1924 (The Immigration Act of 1924 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through national-origins quotas favoring Northern and Western Europeans, reflecting and reinforcing the era’s strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
aimedTo limit immigration from so-called undesirable regions ⓘ
preserve existing ethnic composition of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Johnson-Reed Immigration Act ⓘ
Johnson–Reed Act ⓘ
amended Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ
appliesTo non-citizens seeking permanent residence in the United States ⓘ
barredImmigrationFrom Japan ⓘ
most Asian countries ⓘ
basedOnCensusYear 1890 United States Census ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created United States Border Patrol ⓘ
createdAgency U.S. Border Patrol ⓘ
dateSigned 1924-05-26 ⓘ
established national origins quota system ⓘ
exemptedGroup immigrants from Western Hemisphere ⓘ
professional diplomats ⓘ
students ⓘ
temporary visitors ⓘ
favoredImmigrantsFrom Northern Europe ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
hadLongTermEffect sharply reduced immigration to the United States for decades ⓘ
influencedBy eugenics movement ⓘ
nativism in the United States ⓘ
racial quota theories ⓘ
xenophobia ⓘ
introducedIn 68th United States Congress ⓘ
legalDomain immigration and nationality law ⓘ
limitedImmigrationFrom Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Jewish populations from Eastern Europe ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
policyType national-origins quota ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
reflected nativist sentiments in the 1920s United States ⓘ
xenophobic attitudes in the 1920s United States ⓘ
regulated issuance of immigration visas abroad ⓘ
reinforced racial hierarchy in U.S. immigration policy ⓘ
remainedInForceUntil Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ⓘ
replaced Emergency Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ
required immigrant visas for entry to the United States ⓘ
restrictedImmigrantsFrom Asia ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Southern Europe ⓘ
setAnnualQuota 2 percent of each nationality based on 1890 census ⓘ
setOverallAnnualCap 150000 immigrants per year ⓘ
signedBy Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
statuteCitation 43 Stat. 153 ⓘ
supersededBy Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1924-07-01 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1924 ⓘ

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Nativism in the United States → associatedWithPolicy → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Nativism in the United States → associatedWithPolicy → National Origins quota system ⓘ
linked to: Immigration Act of 1924
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 → setPrecedentFor → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Immigration Act of 1917 → followedBy → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Emergency Quota Act of 1921 → followedBy → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Emergency Quota Act of 1921 → influenceOn → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Immigration Act of 1924 → alsoKnownAs → Johnson–Reed Act ⓘ
linked to: Immigration Act of 1924
Immigration Act of 1924 → alsoKnownAs → Johnson-Reed Immigration Act ⓘ
linked to: Immigration Act of 1924
Asiatic Barred Zone Act → relatedTo → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Asiatic Barred Zone Act → followedBy → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
68th United States Congress → passedLaw → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 → followedBy → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Madison Grant → influenced → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
McCarran–Walter Act → replaced → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Georges Iscovescu → goalContext → United States immigration quota system ⓘ
linked to: Immigration Act of 1924
Coolidge administration → legislativeAct → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 → followedBy → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 → replacedBy → Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
The Passing of the Great Race → hasInfluenceOn → Immigration Act of 1924 debates ⓘ
linked to: Immigration Act of 1924