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The 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement – promoted by President Theodore Roosevelt – was a US immigration policy that established restrictions on Japanese labour. The policy came at a time of growing tension over Asian immigration to the west coast of the USA as well as to Canada and Mexico.
- Michael Patrick Cullinane
Japanese-Americans were outraged at what they believed to be a breach of the treaty of 1894 that had guaranteed them the right to immigrate. As the problem escelated the Japanese and the United States governments intervened to preserve diplomatic peace.The Gentleman's Agreement of 1907 collection in DIVA gathers primary source documents ...
- Japanese Tensions Rise
- Teddy Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy Agenda
- Discrimination Continues
- Sources
Following the Japanese government's easing of isolationist emigration policies in 1868, Japanese began immigrating to the U.S. Pacific Coast, landing primarily in California, with a spike at the start of the 20th century following an 1894 treaty granting Japanese immigration rights. Finding migratory labor jobs and often working farms, railroads an...
A positive relationship with Japan was key to Roosevelt's foreign policy agenda. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) with the Treaty of Portsmouth, Roosevelt also arranged the Great White Fleet tour, which sent 16 battleship fleets on a 14-month global goodwill tour that included a stop in...
Although Japan and the San Francisco Board of Education adhered to the Gentlemen’s Agreement, which was never ratified by Congress, it didn’t end discrimination against Japanese immigrants. Attacks and protests against Japanese immigrants and businesses were frequent. California’s Webb-Haney Act of 1913, also known as the Alien Land Law, banned “al...
"A History of Japanese Americans in California: Discriminatory Practices," National Park Service. "Japanese-American Relations at the Turn of the Century, 1900–1922," Office of the Historian. "Root-Takahira Agreement," Theodore Roosevelt Center. "Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History," Library of Congress. “Japanese Americans and the U.S. Cons...
1907. Rather than enacting racially discriminatory and offensive immigration laws, President Theodore Roosevelt sought to avoid offending the rising world power of Japan through this negotiated agreement by which the Japanese government limited the immigration of its own citizens.
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907; Type: Informal agreement: Context: To reduce tensions between the two powerful Pacific nations: Signed: February 15, 1907 () Effective: 1907: Expiry: 1924: Parties Japan United States
ocultar. El Acuerdo de caballeros de 1907 (en inglés: Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907; y en japonés: 日米紳士協約, [Nichibei Shinshi Kyōyaku]) fue un acuerdo informal entre Estados Unidos y el Imperio del Japón por el cual Estados Unidos dejaba de imponer restricciones a la inmigración japonesa, y Japón restringía la ...
Gentlemen's Agreement 1907-1908. Description. President Theodore Roosevelt brokered a diplomatic agreement wherein the Japanese government took responsibility for restricting immigration, especially that of laborers.
