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gold is discovered in california
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the exclusion act
he Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The act followed revisions made in 1880 to the US-China Burlingame Treaty of 1868, revisions that allowed the US to suspend Chinese immigration. The act was initially intended to last for 10 years, but was renewed in 1892 and made permanent in 1902. The Chi -
end of the yellow peril
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japan attacks Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized. A total of twelve ships sank or were beached in the attack and nine additional vessels were damaged. More than 160 aircraft were destroyed and more than 150 others damaged. -
US declares war to japan
The bombing of Singapore was an attack on 8 December 1941 by seventeen G3M Nell bombers of Mihoro Air Group (Mihoro Kaigun Kōkūtai), Imperial Japanese Navy, flying from Thu Dau Mot in southern Indochina. The attack began at around 0430, shortly after Japanese forces landed on Kota Bharu, Malaya.It was the first knowledge the Singapore population had that war had broken out in the Far East.[ -
executive orders 9066
The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was both the first and the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. On this day, 242 Japanese aircraft attacked ships in Darwin's harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasions of Timor and Java. -
war relocation authoritycreated to run internment camps
On this day, the War Relocation Authority is created to “Take all people of Japanese descent into custody, surround them with troops, prevent them from buying land, and return them to their former homes at the close of the war.” -
japan surrendors and WWII ends !!
The end of World War II in Asia occurred on 14 and 15 August 1945, when armed forces of Japan surrendered to the forces of the Allied Powers. The surrender came just over three months after the surrender of the Axis forces in Europe. -
oyama vs california case
The United States Supreme Court reverses the ruling of the California Supreme Court in the Oyama v. California case, ruling a key provision of the Alien Land Law unconstitutional. Nisei Fred Oyama had lost land he had purchased with funds provided by his father in an escheat action in 1944 which was upheld on appeal in 1946. Oyama had then filed suit claiming that as the son of an "alien ineligible to citizenship," he faced a greater burden of proof than other citizens in accepting a gift of mon -
japan immigrant gain ritghts to become US citizen
The Senate (52-76) follows the House (278-113) to successfully override President Truman's veto to vote the McCarran Bill into law. It will, among other things, grant Japan a token immigration quota and allow Issei naturalization. It will go into effect on December 24. Congress had initially passed it June 11 and it had been vetoed on June 25. -
first japnese american to be elected
Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii becomes the first Japanese American to be elected to the United States Senate with a resounding victory of Republican challenger Ben Dillingham. Inouye had been the first Japanese American elected to the House of Representatives in 1959. -
acceptance
An article titled "Success Story: Japanese American Style" appears in the New York Times. "By any criterion of good citizenship that we choose, the Japanese-Americans are better than any group in our society, including native-born whites," writes author William Peterson. -
civil liberties of 1988
The act granted each surviving internee about US$20,000 in compensation, with payments beginning in 1990. The legislation stated that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership" as opposed to legitimate security reasons.A total of 82,219 received redress checks. -
first payment made
Payments to WWII Internees to Begin : Reparations: The budget agreement clears the way for the program. The oldest survivors will be the first to receive the $20,000 checks.
