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An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States. The Immigration Act of 1917 (also known as the Literacy Act or the Burnett Act [1] and less often as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act) was a United States Act that aimed to restrict immigration by imposing literacy tests on immigrants, creating new ...
Feb 9, 2010 · With more than a two-thirds majority, Congress overrides President Woodrow Wilson’s veto of the previous week and passes the Immigration Act of 1917.The law required a literacy test for ...
- Missy Sullivan
Feb 16, 2021 · The Immigration Act of 1917 banned all immigration to the United States from British India, most of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Middle East. The Act was spurred by the isolationist movement seeking to prevent the United States from becoming involved in World War I. The Act required all immigrants to pass a basic literacy test ...
- Robert Longley
Feb 5, 2017 · On this day 100 years ago, the United States passed the strictest immigration law of its time: the Immigration Act of 1917. ... The Immigration Act of 1917 was vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson.
Summary. This law is best known for its creation of a “barred zone” extending from the Middle East to Southeast Asia from which no persons were allowed to enter the United States. Its main restriction, however, consisted of a literacy test intended to reduce European immigration, with exemptions for those who could show they were fleeing ...
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Jul 17, 2015 · The act passed by an overwhelming majority over the veto of President Woodrow Wilson, demonstrating a growing anti-Asian sentiment in the United States and a legal prelude to further restrictions to come with the Immigration Act of 1924 . The Asiatic Barred Zone was in effect until passage of the Immigration Act of 1952 .
Feb 5, 2017 · The Immigration Act of 1917, ... First proposed in 1915, the legislation was vetoed twice by then-President Woodrow Wilson, who declared in a message issued Jan. 28, 1915, to the House of ...
