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There were a very large number of local, state, and federal laws that were specifically aimed at disrupting the flow of Chinese and Japanese immigrants to the United States. Two of the major laws were the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and the 1907-1908 Gentleman’s Agreement. Although the laws had some differences, they we ....
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.... the Japanese government. In exchange for the school board’s allowing Japanese students to attend white schools in California, the Japanese government agreed to stop issuing passports to laborers. (Chan)
Despite the enactment of the Gentleman’s Agreement, some 120,000 Japanese arrived in California during the fifteen years proceeding the agreement (Chan).
The two pieces of legislation were similar in that they attempted to halt the immigration of laborers. It seemed the United States government was sending a message that they wanted only educated, professional immi ....
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