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clairebear8 on December 13, 2010
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1869 | First Japanese to settle on US mainland arrive at Gold Hill |
| 1870 | Congress grants naturalization rights omitting mention of Oriental races |
| 1886 | Japanese Gov't lifts ban on emigration allowing citizens to move to other countries permanently |
| 1911 | US Bureau of Immigration allows courts to refuse naturalization to Japanese |
| 1913 | Alien Land Bill prevents Japanese aliens from owning land in CA |
| 1924 | Congress passes Immigration act- no alien eligible for citizenship can be admitted into US (stops immigration from Japan) |
| Dec 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor |
| Feb 19,1942 | Roosevelt signs executive order 9066 (allowing War Dept. authority to define military areas and exclude anyone who might threaten the war effort |
| Mar 25, 1942 | Evacuees arrive in Owens Valley for internment |
| Aug 12, 1942 | evacuation complete- 110,000 people of Japanese descent interred |
| 1944 | supreme court rules that loyal citizens can't be held in camps against their will |
| Aug 14, 1945 | Japan surrenders- WW II ends |
| Nov 21, 1945 | Manzanar closed |
| June 1952 | Congress passes Public Law 414 letting Japanese aliens become citizens |
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