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Asian Immigration of the early 1900's

Immigration Act of 1917

  • Vetoed by Woodrow Wilson on December 14, 1916
  • Congress passed the act with an overwhelming majority two moths later
  • Proposed to keep "undesirables" from coming to the US
  • Established the Asiatic Barred Zone which made almost all Asian and Pacific Island immigration impossible
  • Ended, and replaced by the Luce-Celler Act of 1946

Yellow Peril

Fear erupted for many reasons over Asian immigration

  • Loss of wages for whites
  • Standards of living dropping
  • Eventual take over and destruction of the US by Asians

Nye-Lae Bill

Asiatic Barred Zones

  • Granted citizenship to veterans of WWI
  • Included Asian people that lived in "Barred Zones"
  • Passed in 1935

Magnuson Act

  • Also known as Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943
  • Allowed Chinese immigration for the first time since 1882
  • Some immigrants already in the US were able to become naturalized citizens

Melissa Dzadovsky

3/10/14

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