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Japanese immigrate to U.S.A.
The Japanese immigrants were arriving to America for freedom, new economic opportunities, and the promise of a better life. Between 1901 and 1908, 125,000 Japanese immigrants arrived and settled on the west coast. Most of the Japanese immigrants were from the Japanese countryside. -
"Yellow Flood" ban became permanent
In 1902, the ban known as " Yellow Flood" became permanent. The ban was against Chinese immigration and halted the inflow of Chinese for ten years. Western politcians called for the ban out of concern for white unemployed workers. The ban was repealed in 1952. -
Japanese exclusion league was founded
There were so many Japanese immigrating to America it caused very many whites to lose their jobs. Japanese will work longer hours for less pay. Americans were very angry so they created the Japanese Exclusion League which was founded in San Fransisco. The Americans goal was to exclude all the Japaneses businesses. -
Gentlemens Agreement
President Roosevelt took a more subtle approach to settling the problem, negotiating with Japan what became known as the "Gentlmens's Agreement." Under its terms, the Japanese government agreed to stop issuing passports to laborers and to restrict immigration to laborers who have already been in America including the parents, wives, and children of laborers who have already resided there. -
Japanese Americans leave their communities
In 1941, the Japanese were told to leave their communities by the justice. They were going to be sent to assembly centers because whites were worried they would go against America and would turn to Japan's side to try to defeat the U.S. Even if they were a tiny part japanese they would still be sent to the assemby centers. -
Bombing Pearl Harbor
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor stunned all of the Japanese-Americans just as it stunned all of the other citizens in the United States. All the Japanese-Americans were now very worried because they knew that all of the whites would not trust them and maybe even send them back to Japan, where they came from. -
Evacuation of Japanese from West Coast
On February 14,1942, John DeWitt sent Henry Stimson a recommendation entitled "Evacuation of Japanese and Other Subversive Persons from the Pacific Coast." DeWitt was trying to evacuate all Japanese because he was fearful that the Japanese- Americans would turn to Japan's side and they would defeat America. They were also concerned because too many Japanese were immigrating to America. -
Executive Order 9066 is Signed
Roosevelt cautioned his country to guard against discrimination of innocent citizens. Stimson said to relocate all persons of Japanese lineage and any others that will threaten the countries security. On February 19, 1942, ten weeks after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. -
E- Day
In late March, nervous but obediant Japanese-Americans began reporting to the control centers on their assigned evacuation day. All of the Japanese-Americans now had to go to their assembly centers. They were at the assembly centers because the president, and government were afraid that the Japanese- Americans support Japan's side and attack America. -
Japanese were sent to relocation centers
The Japanese were sent to relocation centers. The whites had worked on building the relocation centers which were nicer than the temporary assembly centers. Although the relocation centers were nicer they still were not where anyone would want to live. It was still a prison and they had very little privacy.
