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Gentlemans agreement
Increases Japanese population by reducing the amount of Japanese immigration in the U.S. -
California's Alien Land Law
The Japanese couldn't own their own land and they couldn't have any farming land. -
Literacy Requirement
Congress enacts a literacy requirement for immigrants over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. The law requires immigrants to be able to read 40 words in some language. The law also specifies that immigration is prohibited from Asia, except from Japan and the Philippines. -
The Alien Registration Act
The Alien Registration Act requires the registration and fingerprinting of all aliens in the United States over the age of 14. The act classifies Korean immigrants as subjects of Japan. -
Executive Order 9066
The Executive Order 9066 puts the Japanese in camps and takes away their freedom. -
Exclusion act
By the end of the 1940s, all restrictions on Asians acquiring U.S. citizenship are abolished. -
U.S. v. Korematsu
In the case of United States v. Korematsu, the Supreme Court upholds the internment of Japanese Americans as constitutional.
This relates to the Japanese in that it is now legal for the United States to place them in internment camps. -
The Immigration Act of 1990
Increases the number of immigrants allowed into the United States each year to 700,000. -
Naturalization Act
Naturalization Act limits American citizenship to "white persons and persons of African descent," barring Asians from U.S. citizenship.
