ANT-3451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: High High, War Brides Act, Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965
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First asian immigrants to enter the us in large numbers to hawaii in the 1830s. Foreign miners tax (orginally imposed on mexican and latin americans) imposed on chinese americans in the 1850s. Chinese exclusion act (1888: left communities of permanent bachelors because they couldn"t bring their wives or intermarry with whites, was repealed after wwii because the us was an ally of china against japan. Prosperity after the 1940s also eased racial tensions. Chinese lled economic niches such as the laundry business where they weren"t competing with established americans: japanese americans. Gentlemen"s agreement: agreement between japanese govt. and us that the. Japanese would withhold visas from laborers in return for better treatment of. Alien land law of 1913: barred aliens ineligible for citizenship from owning or leasing agricultural land. Oriental exclusion act (1924) : banned all immigration from asia and declared them ineligible for citizenship. Japanese americans had more resources than many other ethnic groups; typically higher level of education.
