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may 23, 1921 - Emergency Quota Act (MIG)

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This act limits the number of immigrants from any country to 3% of that country’s immigrant population in the United States. This act shows the growing nativism during the 1920s as a response to the influx of southern and eastern European immigrants.

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may 23, 1921
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~ 105 years ago

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