Japanese imigration

By gabbaGoo

  • Naturalization Act

    This restricts Japanese to get their citizenship

  • California Gold Rush spurs immigration from China

    This is helpful to the Japanese because this encourages the Japanese to come to the U.S.

  • Know Nothing political party unsuccessfully seeks to increase restrictions on naturalization.

    This restricts the Japanese from becoming American Citizens

  • Chinese Exclusion Act restricts Chinese immigration.

    This means that the Japanese have a chance to come over to the U.S. and work for money.

  • Alien Contract Labor Law

    This means that the buisnesses cant hire someone from across the world and bring them to the U.S.
  • Gentleman's Agreement

    Gentleman's Agreement

    This means that the Japanese can still migrate over to the U.S. if they promise not to have passports. http://www.unc.edu/~birkos/mail_order_brides/history.html
  • California's Alien Land Law

    California's Alien Land Law

    This law forbids Japanese, Chinese, and Asian people to own land in the U.S. http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/alien_land_laws.htm
  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066

    This is the order that made anyone of Japanese ancestry leave to go to the internment camps. Executive Order 9066. Maisie & Richard Conract. California Historical Society. 1972. http://www.scotttsuchitani.com/eo90666/archives.html

  • The Chinese Exclusion Act is repealed.

    This means that the Japanese, Chinese, and Asian can come to the U.S. and get citizenship
  • The War Brides Act

    The War Brides Act

    This allowed Japanese wives to come to the U.S. to make a new family. http://www.phcmontreat.org/montreathistory.htm
  • The Redress Act

    The Redress Act

    The Redress Act is giving $20,000 to survivors of the World War II internment of the Japanese. http://migration.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/kve/10042005a.htm