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Chinese Immigration
Chinese needed jobs so what they did was they offered to work for more hours and less money. -
Intercontinental Railroads
When the Chinese came to America, they thought about gold and riches but what they got was far frome it. Since most Chinese did not strike gold, and they couldn't afford the trip back, thay had to work to earn the money. That ment they had to find jobs so they worked on intercontinental railroads for the U.S. -
Brutalities Against Chinese
Anti-asian communities had started threatening and killing or severly wounding Chinese people -
Japanese Immigration
10 years after Chinese came to America, Japanese came as well and opaened -
Immigration Banned
In 1902 Asian immigration was banned in the United States. No Asian could come in or go out. However the law was repealed in 1952. -
The Gentleman's Agreement
The Gentleman's Agreement was made so that there would be no war between the United States and Japan. It says that no Japanese laborer could come to the United States through Hawaii and Japan agreed to this. -
Picture Brides Arrive
In 1912 men without jobs or men who were going to be deported had their parents carefully select a woman who they thought would be suitable for their son. -
Men Enter the Army
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, men had started to join the American army. Even Japanese men were joining to prove their Americanism because they thought that Americans might think they are really loyal to their homeland. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Empire had taken sides with Germany and had bombed Pearl Harbor bringing America into the war. -
Executive Order 9066
In 1942 the president Franklin Roosevelt endorsed Executive Order 9066. That allowed authorities to put all asians in internment camps as everyone was scared the Japanese would commit treason.
