The Immigration Act of 1917 required immigrants to be able to read and write.
What did the Immigration Act of 1917 do?
Was passed over Woodrow Wilson's veto. It created further categories of people barred from immigration: alcoholics, feeble-minded, physically defective, etc.
What was the effect of the Immigration Act of 1917?
The Immigration Act of 1917 drastically reduced U.S. immigration by expanding the prohibitions of the Chinese exclusion laws of the late 1800s. The law created an “Asiatic barred zone” provision, which prohibited immigration from British India, most of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Middle East.
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