Japanese Imigration

By LeviW

  • 14th Amendment

    The children of Japanese immigrants are citizens.

  • Expatriation Act

    If an American woman marries foreign national then they lose their citizenship.
  • Gentleman's Agreement

    Gentleman's Agreement

    This only alows woman/ brides to imigrate, which increases population and creates comunities. Woman in Wintersbug. Digital Image. Discovernikkei. Urashima, Mary A. 8 Jan 2013. Web. April 1st, 2013. http://www.discovernikkei.org/pt/journal/2013/1/8/women-in-wintersburg/
  • California Alien Law

    California Alien Law

    Japanese are not alloud to buy or lease land, that means they cannot farm or create business. Soyeda, Kamiya in 1913.Digital Image.Wikipedia.Wikipedia.30 July 2009.Web.3/29/13.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_

  • literacy requirement

    This requires the Japanese to be literate in a language.

  • The Alien Registration Act

    Requires the registration and fingerprinting of all aliens in the United States over the age of 14. This means that all Japanese over 14 in the community have to register when they enter the country, so none of the Japanese will be living in secret.
  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066

    The military evacuates 112,000 Japanese Americans from the Pacific coast and places them in ten internment camps. McClelland, Joe. Aerial Photo of Granada Center from the Water Tower. Digital Image. colorado. December 12, 2006. Web. April 2, 2013. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/wwcod/granada.htm

  • the case of United States v. Korematsu

    The Supreme Court upholds the internment of Japanese Americans as constitutional.

  • The redress act

    This gives survivors of internment camps 20,000 to Japanese and Japanese Americans