Asiatic Barred Zone Act
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The Asiatic Barred Zone Act was a U.S. immigration law that severely restricted immigration from much of Asia and the Pacific Islands, reflecting early 20th-century nativist and racist policies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asiatic Barred Zone Act canonical | 1 |
| Asiatic barred zone provision of the Immigration Act of 1917 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1758290 — 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: Asiatic Barred Zone Act Context triple: [Immigration Act of 1917, alsoKnownAs, Asiatic Barred Zone Act]
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A.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
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B.
Curtis Act of 1898
The Curtis Act of 1898 was a U.S. federal law that dismantled tribal governments and communal landholding in Indian Territory, paving the way for Oklahoma statehood and further undermining Native American sovereignty.
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C.
Adamson Act
The Adamson Act was a landmark 1916 U.S. federal law that established the eight-hour workday for interstate railroad workers, marking a major victory for labor rights during the Progressive Era.
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D.
Tehcir Law
The Tehcir Law was a 1915 Ottoman decree that authorized the mass deportation of Armenians, serving as a central legal mechanism of the Armenian Genocide.
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E.
Guano Islands Act
The Guano Islands Act is an 1856 United States federal law that allowed U.S. citizens to claim unoccupied islands containing guano deposits for the United States.
- 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: Asiatic Barred Zone Act Target entity description: The Asiatic Barred Zone Act was a U.S. immigration law that severely restricted immigration from much of Asia and the Pacific Islands, reflecting early 20th-century nativist and racist policies.
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A.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
-
B.
Curtis Act of 1898
The Curtis Act of 1898 was a U.S. federal law that dismantled tribal governments and communal landholding in Indian Territory, paving the way for Oklahoma statehood and further undermining Native American sovereignty.
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C.
Adamson Act
The Adamson Act was a landmark 1916 U.S. federal law that established the eight-hour workday for interstate railroad workers, marking a major victory for labor rights during the Progressive Era.
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D.
Tehcir Law
The Tehcir Law was a 1915 Ottoman decree that authorized the mass deportation of Armenians, serving as a central legal mechanism of the Armenian Genocide.
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E.
Guano Islands Act
The Guano Islands Act is an 1856 United States federal law that allowed U.S. citizens to claim unoccupied islands containing guano deposits for the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal immigration law
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exclusionary immigration policy ⓘ |
| appliedToRegion |
Pacific Islands
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most of Asia ⓘ parts of the Middle East ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateEnacted | 1917-02-05 ⓘ |
| defines |
Asiatic Barred Zone
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surface form:
Asiatic barred zone
|
| describedAs |
Asiatic Barred Zone Act
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Asiatic barred zone provision of the Immigration Act of 1917
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| effectiveDate | 1917-05-01 ⓘ |
| enactedAsPartOf | Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ |
| excludedGroup |
immigrants from India
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immigrants from Southeast Asia ⓘ immigrants from many Pacific Island territories ⓘ immigrants from much of the Middle East ⓘ |
| field |
U.S. legal history
ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ |
| followedBy | Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
barred immigration of persons from the designated Asiatic zone
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created a geographic exclusion zone ⓘ restricted immigration from many Pacific Islands ⓘ severely restricted immigration from much of Asia ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| impact |
institutionalized racial discrimination in U.S. immigration law
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limited migration opportunities for Asians to the United States ⓘ reinforced the racial hierarchy in U.S. immigration policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalMechanism |
barred zone defined by lines of latitude and longitude
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geographic exclusion ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded by later immigration laws ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Asian immigration
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immigration restriction ⓘ |
| motivation |
nativist ideology
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racist immigration policy ⓘ |
| partOf | Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ |
| policyType |
national-origin-based immigration restriction
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race-based immigration restriction ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
U.S. nativist movement
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White supremacist attitudes in early 20th-century United States ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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surface form:
Chinese Exclusion Act
|
| relatedTo |
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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surface form:
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 ⓘ Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ |
| signedBy | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| signingPresident | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Asiatic Barred Zone Act Description of subject: The Asiatic Barred Zone Act was a U.S. immigration law that severely restricted immigration from much of Asia and the Pacific Islands, reflecting early 20th-century nativist and racist policies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Asiatic barred zone provision of the Immigration Act of 1917