Immigration Act of 1917
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The Immigration Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through literacy tests, expanded exclusion categories, and the creation of the “Asiatic Barred Zone,” reflecting strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments of the era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Immigration Act of 1917 canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298834 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immigration Act of 1917 Context triple: [Nativism in the United States, associatedWithPolicy, Immigration Act of 1917]
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A.
Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917
The Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that restructured the government of Puerto Rico and collectively granted U.S. citizenship to its residents.
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B.
Immigration and Nationality Act
The Immigration and Nationality Act is the foundational U.S. federal law that governs immigration policy, including visas, admission, naturalization, and deportation of non-citizens.
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C.
Shipping Act of 1916
The Shipping Act of 1916 was a foundational U.S. maritime law that established federal regulation of ocean shipping practices and created the United States Shipping Board to oversee fair competition and rates in international trade.
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D.
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917
The Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 was a World War I-era U.S. law that granted the federal government broad powers to regulate the production, distribution, and pricing of food and fuel to support the war effort and prevent hoarding and profiteering.
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E.
Stafford Act
The Stafford Act is a U.S. federal law that provides the legal framework for federal natural disaster and emergency assistance to state and local governments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immigration Act of 1917 Target entity description: The Immigration Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through literacy tests, expanded exclusion categories, and the creation of the “Asiatic Barred Zone,” reflecting strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments of the era.
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A.
Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917
The Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that restructured the government of Puerto Rico and collectively granted U.S. citizenship to its residents.
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B.
Immigration and Nationality Act
The Immigration and Nationality Act is the foundational U.S. federal law that governs immigration policy, including visas, admission, naturalization, and deportation of non-citizens.
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C.
Shipping Act of 1916
The Shipping Act of 1916 was a foundational U.S. maritime law that established federal regulation of ocean shipping practices and created the United States Shipping Board to oversee fair competition and rates in international trade.
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D.
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917
The Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 was a World War I-era U.S. law that granted the federal government broad powers to regulate the production, distribution, and pricing of food and fuel to support the war effort and prevent hoarding and profiteering.
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E.
Stafford Act
The Stafford Act is a U.S. federal law that provides the legal framework for federal natural disaster and emergency assistance to state and local governments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Asiatic Barred Zone Act ⓘ |
| amended | earlier Chinese exclusion and Asian exclusion measures ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
deportation rules for certain classes of immigrants
ⓘ
head tax on immigrants ⓘ requirements for medical inspection ⓘ restrictions on contract labor ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdImmigrationBarrier | Asiatic Barred Zone ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1917-02-05 ⓘ |
| excludedRegion |
Pacific Islands within the Asiatic Barred Zone
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most of Asia ⓘ parts of the Middle East ⓘ |
| exclusionBasis |
geographic origin
ⓘ
health status ⓘ literacy ⓘ moral character ⓘ political beliefs ⓘ |
| expandedExclusionCategory |
alcoholics
ⓘ
anarchists ⓘ epileptics ⓘ persons convicted of crimes of moral turpitude ⓘ persons with certain contagious diseases ⓘ professional beggars ⓘ vagrants ⓘ “idiots” and “feeble-minded persons” ⓘ “persons of constitutional psychopathic inferiority” ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Immigration Act of 1921
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linked to:
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Progressive Era reforms
ⓘ
World War I era ⓘ |
| influencedBy | organized nativist movements in the United States ⓘ |
| introducedLiteracyTest | true ⓘ |
| legalDomain | immigration and nationality law ⓘ |
| literacyTestRequirement | ability to read in any language ⓘ |
| longTermEffect |
institutionalization of literacy tests in U.S. immigration law
ⓘ
strengthening of racial and national-origin based immigration restrictions ⓘ |
| minimumAgeForLiteracyTest | 16 ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States immigration policy
ⓘ
linked to:
Immigration and Nationality Act
|
| presidentDuringEnactment | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| reflectedIdeology |
nativism
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racial exclusionism ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier piecemeal immigration restrictions ⓘ |
| signedBy | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
Asian immigrants
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illiterate immigrants ⓘ persons deemed mentally unfit ⓘ persons deemed morally unfit ⓘ political radicals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Immigration Act of 1917 Description of subject: The Immigration Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through literacy tests, expanded exclusion categories, and the creation of the “Asiatic Barred Zone,” reflecting strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments of the era.
Referenced by (10)
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