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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 ...
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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 ...
- An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States.
- the 64th United States Congress
- Asiatic Barred Zone Act
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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 ...
Jul 17, 2015 · In 1917, a new piece of immigration legislation was passed by Congress that expanded the list of reasons why individuals could be excluded from entry to the United States, a literacy test was added, and what became known as the Asiatic Barred Zone was created. This act is also known as the "Asiatic Barred Zone Act" (Act of February 5, 1917, 39 ...
Feb 5, 2017 · Health inspectors examine detainees on Angel Island, California, circa 1917.(Image credit: National Archives and Records Administration) One hundred years ago today (Feb. 5), Congress passed the ...
Feb 2, 2017 · And there’s a reason why the 1917 Immigration Act goes by many names, like the Literacy Act and the Asiatic Barred Zone Act. ... one concern used to push the bill through Congress in 1917 was ...
Feb 6, 2017 · The political debate today over the flow of immigrants through U.S. borders merits a look back to 100 years ago, when Congress overrode a presidential veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917, the ...
