may 19, 1921 - Emergency Quota Act

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The Emergency Quota Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1921 to restrict the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that same country living in the United States as of the 1910 census. This legislation marked the beginning of restrictive immigration quotas in the United States, aimed at reducing the influx of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, reflecting post-World War I isolationism and nativist sentiments.

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