Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907

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bilateral agreement immigration agreement informal diplomatic agreement

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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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	implemented through administrative measures ⓘ not codified in U.S. law ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	a compromise between domestic exclusionist pressures and foreign policy concerns ⓘ
diplomaticProcess	United States–Japan relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus	informal and non-statutory ⓘ
location	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mainSubject	Japanese immigration to the United States ⓘ restriction of Japanese labor immigration ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Theodore Roosevelt administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	history of Japanese diaspora in the United States ⓘ history of United States immigration policy ⓘ
relatedTo	San Francisco Japanese school segregation crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-Asian immigration movements in the United States ⓘ nativism in the United States ⓘ
replacedBy	Immigration Act of 1924 NERFINISHED ⓘ
restrictionAppliesTo	Japanese laborers ⓘ Japanese skilled and unskilled workers ⓘ
significantParty	Government of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1907 ⓘ

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