About the Collection
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This collection focuses on The War Relocation Authority and
The Incarceration of Japanese-Americans During World War II.
It includes 14 photographs, 62 documents comprising 911 pages, a
chronology of events spanning the years 1941-1998, excerpts from Oral Histories,
and Lesson Plans. |
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1790 to
1952: American immigration law does
not allow
Japanese aliens resident
in the United States to become American citizens. The Fourteenth Amendment to
the Constitution, adopted in 1868, provided that all people born in the United
States, including people of Japanese descent, were American citizens.
The Immigration Act of 1924 provided that aliens who were ineligible for citizenship
including people of Japanese descent, would not be allowed to immigrate to
the United States. The McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 removed the ethnic and
racial bars to immigration and naturalization; Japanese could now
immigrate to the United States and become naturalized citizens, and
Japanese aliens resident in the United States, some for many years, could
now become naturalized citizens.
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