Laws that affected the Japanese

By Mehana K.

  • Naturalization Act Limits American Citizenship

    This affects the Japanese because it means they can't be citizens in the US, and they don't have the rights that American Citizens have.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act Restrics Chinese Immigration

    Chinese Exclusion Act Restrics Chinese Immigration
    This indirectly affects the Japanese because it means that they can take jobs that were previously occupied by Chinese on the railroads. It gives them more jobs and space. Image: "They've Been Working on the Railroad All The Live Long Day" Digital Image. Different Strokes for Different Folks: A Multi-Cultural Perspective. Blogspot. Accessed 4-2-13. http://lifenotes-tk.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html

  • Gentleman's Agreement

    This affected the Japanese because it made it so that if was impossible to immigrate to the United States, unless you were a wife or child of someone already living there.

  • California's Alien Land Law

    California's Alien Land Law
    This law in California (and later other states) makes it so that Japanese can't own land. This affects them because they can't actually own their land, they have to rent it. Image: Japanese working on farm. Digital Image. ACLU San Diego. Published November 2, 2006. Accessed 4-2-13. http://www.aclusandiego.org/history/oyama-v-california-us-supreme-court-rules-californias/

  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066
    This affects the Japanese becuase they are forced to leave their whole lives behind and live in internment camps for several years. Image: "Camp Amache in Southest Colorado." 1942-1943. Digital Image. USA Today. 12/17/2007. 4/1/13. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-12-17-internment-camps-preservation_N.htm

  • Chinese Exclusion Act is Repealed

    This directly affects the Japanese because by the end of the 1940's, Chinese and all other Asians can become citizens and have more rights than when they were not citizens.

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

    This affects the Japanese because it means that is is legal to put them in internment camps, so they can't fight back in court.

  • Redress Act

    This relates to the Japanese because after all these years of being essentially imprisoned, they are finally being repaid to make up for that.