A Guide to Japanese Americans in the 20th Century
TIMELINE | VARIOUS ARTICLES | DEBATES | LAWS & AGREEMENTS | THE HISTORICAL RECORD & STATISITICS


TIMELINE


VARIOUS ARTICLES

        Internment


        General Issues



DEBATES

        1913, California Alien Land Law



LAWS, AGREEMENTS & RULINGS
  • 1907, The Gentlemen's Agreement
  • 1913, California Alien Land Law
  • 1920 California Initiative Land Law: prohibits all leases and curtails the activities of Japanese-American landholding corporations.
  • 1921, Japanese Government Stops Issuing Passports to Picture Brides
  • 1922, Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178: Supreme Court decision which held that Orientals were ineligible for citizenship.
  • 1923, California Land Act of 1923: strengthens 1920 Initiative land law by eliminating ambiguities.
  • 1924, Federal Exclusion Act of 1924

THE HISTORICAL RECORD & STATISTICS

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