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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8355977 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 Context triple: [Asiatic Barred Zone Act, relatedTo, Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907]
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Imperial Economic Conference agreements
The Imperial Economic Conference agreements were a series of 1932 trade arrangements within the British Empire that established a system of imperial preference, granting mutual tariff advantages to promote intra-Empire commerce during the Great Depression.
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B.
1913 Kingsbury Commitment
The 1913 Kingsbury Commitment was a landmark agreement in which AT&T’s Bell System accepted federal conditions limiting its monopolistic practices and allowing competition in exchange for avoiding antitrust breakup.
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C.
Humphrey–Hawkins Act
The Humphrey–Hawkins Act is a 1978 U.S. federal law that set explicit national goals for full employment, price stability, and economic growth, and established regular reporting requirements for the Federal Reserve and the President on economic policy.
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D.
Glass–Steagall Act
The Glass–Steagall Act was a landmark U.S. banking law of the 1930s that separated commercial and investment banking to curb financial speculation and prevent future banking crises.
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E.
Algeciras Act of 1906
The Algeciras Act of 1906 was an international agreement reached at the Algeciras Conference that regulated European powers’ influence in Morocco and temporarily eased tensions during the First Moroccan Crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 Target entity description: 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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A.
Imperial Economic Conference agreements
The Imperial Economic Conference agreements were a series of 1932 trade arrangements within the British Empire that established a system of imperial preference, granting mutual tariff advantages to promote intra-Empire commerce during the Great Depression.
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B.
1913 Kingsbury Commitment
The 1913 Kingsbury Commitment was a landmark agreement in which AT&T’s Bell System accepted federal conditions limiting its monopolistic practices and allowing competition in exchange for avoiding antitrust breakup.
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C.
Humphrey–Hawkins Act
The Humphrey–Hawkins Act is a 1978 U.S. federal law that set explicit national goals for full employment, price stability, and economic growth, and established regular reporting requirements for the Federal Reserve and the President on economic policy.
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D.
Glass–Steagall Act
The Glass–Steagall Act was a landmark U.S. banking law of the 1930s that separated commercial and investment banking to curb financial speculation and prevent future banking crises.
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E.
Algeciras Act of 1906
The Algeciras Act of 1906 was an international agreement reached at the Algeciras Conference that regulated European powers’ influence in Morocco and temporarily eased tensions during the First Moroccan Crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral agreement
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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
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United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1907 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 Description of subject: 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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