Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907

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The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 was an informal diplomatic understanding between the United States and Japan in which Japan agreed to restrict emigration of its laborers to the U.S. in exchange for better treatment of Japanese already residing there.

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instanceOf bilateral agreement ⓘ
immigration agreement ⓘ
informal diplomatic agreement ⓘ
aimedTo avoid formal exclusion legislation targeting Japanese immigrants ⓘ
maintain cordial diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Japanese emigration policy ⓘ
United States immigration policy ⓘ
characteristic implemented through administrative measures ⓘ
not codified in U.S. law ⓘ
countryInvolved Japan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
describedAs a compromise between domestic exclusionist pressures and foreign policy concerns ⓘ
diplomaticProcess United States–Japan relations ⓘ
endTime circa 1924 ⓘ
exempted Japanese merchants ⓘ
Japanese professionals ⓘ
Japanese students ⓘ
family members of Japanese already in the United States ⓘ
followed Chinese Exclusion Act era restrictions on Chinese immigration ⓘ
followedBy Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
hasCause conflict over Japanese school segregation in San Francisco ⓘ
rising anti-Japanese sentiment on the U.S. West Coast ⓘ
hasEffect eased diplomatic tensions between the United States and Japan ⓘ
improved formal treatment of Japanese residents already in the United States ⓘ
reduced new immigration of Japanese workers to the U.S. ⓘ
restricted emigration of Japanese laborers to the United States ⓘ
hasParticipant Japanese diplomats in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
President Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
linked to: Theodore Roosevelt
language English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus informal and non-statutory ⓘ
location Japan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
mainSubject Japanese immigration to the United States ⓘ
restriction of Japanese labor immigration ⓘ
negotiatedBy Theodore Roosevelt administration ⓘ
partOf history of Japanese diaspora in the United States ⓘ
history of United States immigration policy ⓘ
relatedTo San Francisco Japanese school segregation crisis ⓘ
anti-Asian immigration movements in the United States ⓘ
nativism in the United States ⓘ
replacedBy Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
restrictionAppliesTo Japanese laborers ⓘ
Japanese skilled and unskilled workers ⓘ
significantParty Government of Japan ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
startTime 1907 ⓘ

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Asiatic Barred Zone Act → relatedTo → Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 ⓘ