Alien Land Laws
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- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Asian Americans, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Asian American History
- Geographical Location: California, New Mexico, Arizona, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Louisiana
- Date: Beginning May 20, 1913
Article abstract: State measures deprive resident Japanese Americans of property rights.
Summary of Event
Immigration from Japan to the United States increased significantly during the final decade of the nineteenth century, with most of the Asian immigrants settling in the Pacific states. In California, the agricultural skills of the Japanese enabled them to transform previously unusable land into fertile soil, in which they were able to grow vegetables and fruit. As the number of Japanese laborers arriving in California increased substantially,...
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