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4. The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 Restricted Immigration to 2% of the People of Their Nationality Who Lived in the U.S. in 1890.

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4. The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 restricted immigration to 2% of the people of their nationality who lived in the U.S. in 1890.

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The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 established immigration quotas limiting entry to the United States to 2% of the number of people from a specific nationality present in the U.S. as of the 1890 census.