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may 1, 1917 - Immigration Act of 1917

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This Act generally imposed a restriction on immigration through literacy tests.
They also cut down heavily on South Asian migration to the America through the literacy tests. South Asians (Including Indians) faced a lot of animosity from Americans.
As the result of the immigration act the "Asiatic barred zone".

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may 1, 1917
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~ 109 years ago