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Signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on May 24, 1924 The Immigration Act of 1924 , or Johnson–Reed Act , including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins Act ( Pub. L. 68–139 , 43 Stat. 153 , enacted May 26, 1924 ), was a United States federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants ...
The Japanese government finally quit issuing passports to the Territory of Hawaii for single women in the 1920s. Congress also banned persons because of poor health or lack of education. An 1882 law banned entry of "lunatics" and infectious disease carriers. This law was called The General Admission Act.
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.
1920 Passport Act of 1920: Pub. L. 66–238: 1921 Emergency Quota Act: Limited the number of immigrants a year from any country to 3% of those already in the US from that country as per the 1910 census, establishing the National Origins Formula. "An unintended consequence of the 1920s legislation was an increase in illegal immigration.
Pages in category "1920 in American law" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
Volumes 1 through 18, which have all the statutes passed from 1789 to 1875, are available on-line at the Library of Congress, here. In the list below, statutes are listed by X Stat. Y, where X is the volume of the Statutes at Large and Y is the page number, as well as either the chapter or Public Law number. See examples below.
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