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  2. 1920 United States census - Wikipedia

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    The 1920 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau during one month from January 5, 1920, determined the resident population of the United States to be 106,021,537, an increase of 15.0 percent over the 92,228,496 persons enumerated during the 1910 census. The 1920 Census was determined for 1 January 1920.

  3. 1920 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This becomes the first census to record a population exceeding 100 million, at 106,021,537. Because there are so many mixed-race persons and because so many Americans with some black ancestry appear white, the Census Bureau stops counting mixed-race peoples and the one-drop rule becomes the national legal standard.

  4. United States census - Wikipedia

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    The net effect of the many changes from the 1880 census (the larger population, the number of data items to be collected, the Census Bureau headcount, the volume of scheduled publications, and the use of Hollerith's electromechanical tabulators) was to reduce the time required to fully process the census from eight years for the 1880 census to ...

  5. 35 Fascinating Facts About Women's History Month - AOL

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    7. The 19th Amendment didn't give all women the right to vote.. The 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, was signed into law on August 26, 1920. But at the time, a number of ...

  6. 100 years ago, Congress threw out results of the census - AOL

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    The 2020 Census hasn’t even started – but it has already kicked off spirited fights. A Supreme Court case, decided last year, blocked a Trump administration proposal to ask every respondent if ...

  7. 66th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Members: 96 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates: Senate majority: Republican: Senate President: Thomas R. Marshall (D) House majority: Republican: House Speaker: Frederick H. Gillett (R) Sessions; 1st: May 19, 1919 – November 19, 1919 2nd: December 1, 1919 – June 5, 1920 3rd: December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921

  8. Reapportionment Act of 1929 - Wikipedia

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    The Reapportionment Act of 1929 (ch. 28, 46 Stat. 21, 2 U.S.C. § 2a), also known as the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, is a combined census and apportionment bill enacted on June 18, 1929, that establishes a permanent method for apportioning a constant 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives according to each census.

  9. National Origins Formula - Wikipedia

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    Temporary measures establishing quota limits per country based on the makeup of the foreign-born population residing in the U.S. were introduced in 1921 (Emergency Quota Act) and 1924 (Immigration Act of 1924); these were replaced by a permanent quota system based on each nationality's share of the total U.S. population as of 1920, which took effect on July 1, 1929 and governed American ...