ESPM 50AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Alien Land Laws, Cash Cash, Wage Labour

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Environmental Science, Policy, And Management
• Course: ESPM 50AC
• Professor: Spreyer Kurt

Document Summary

Deal with japan through diplomacy, not dictatorially, japanese government played a role in shaping us policies (didn"t play out in san francisco) Compel the sf school board to declare all imperials to attend an oriental school- the japanese government took this bad, formal diplomatic protest. Roosevelt: settlement to appease japs- initially: interfere and allow japanese in the same white schools, led to gentlemen"s agreement of 1907 (ended japanese labor immigration to us when. Japanese government agreed to no longer issue exit visas to the laborers: categorical exclusion. This had loopholes- family members of residents can come over) 1921 ladies agreement: barred picture bride"s, ended most japanese immigrations. California alien land laws (later copied by other states) ineligible for citizenship- cant own or lease land, applied to all asians besides philippines. Passed new law in 1920 that prohibited all leasing and eliminated loopholes that could be exploited. Share: worker is sharing contract of profits and products, sharecropping, transition to cash.