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  1. www.thoughtco.com › us-immigration-act-of-1917-4125136US Immigration Act of 1917 - ThoughtCo

    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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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Immigration_Act_of_1917Immigration Act of 1917 - Wikipedia

    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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  4. library.tc.columbia.edu › blog › contentToday In History: Immigration Act of 1917 | February | 2024 ...

    Feb 5, 2024 · On February 5th, 1917, Congress passed an immigration act that would have a significant impact on persons wishing to settle in the United States. Required was a literacy test for immigrants, while the law also prohibited entry by laborers from Asia -- with exceptions for countries, such as the Philippines that already had established relations.

  5. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › immigrationImmigration Act passed over President Wilson’s veto - HISTORY

    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 ...

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  7. immigrationhistory.org › item › 1917-barred-zone-actImmigration Act of 1917 (Barred Zone Act)

    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 ...

  8. academic.oup.com › jah › article1921 and 1924 Immigration Acts a Century Later: Roots and ...

    Sep 1, 2022 · She also shows how intertwined the histories of Asian and European restrictions were. Much of the literature on the 1917 Immigration Act focuses on the impact of the act on southern and eastern Europeans, whom legislators regarded as undesirable, potential anarchists, and certainly “not white,” according to the racial logic of the time.

  9. www.livescience.com › 57756-1917-immigration-act'Immigration Act of 1917' Turns 100: America's Long History ...

    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 ...