Japan immigration

Japanese Immigration to America between 1880-1920 : 

Japanese Immigration to America between 1880-1920 By: Samir Basaria and Salman Jasani

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The Japanese Flag

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Info In 1880, only 148 Japanese lived in the United States. Japanese laborers were not allowed to leave their country legally until after 1884 when an agreement was signed between their government and Hawaiian sugar plantations. Because of the boom of the Hawaiian sugar industry in the 1880s, a large portion of Japanese emigrants moved to Hawaii. By 1900, the majority of half of all the Japanese immigrants that moved to the U.S., lived in Hawaii. From 1885 to 1894, over 28,000 Japanese migrated to Hawaii; the majority of them were single men. These Japanese people were farmers and farm laborers, immigrating as sojourners rather then settlers.

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Info (Cont) While they anticipated the legislation of American laws against contract labor to Hawaii in 1900, after America took over the islands, Hawaiian plantation owners imported more than 26,000 contract laborers from Japan in 1899, which actually beat the ban of the largest number ever admitted in a single year. Then the contracts were voided under American laws, which left thousands of Japanese free to migrate to the U.S mainland. Up to 1910, four times as many Japanese lived in Hawaii than on the mainland. (It was the principle immigration spot for the Japanese immigrants for many years.)

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Info (Cont..) A small but significant group of native-born Japanese ancestry arose in the 19th century. By 1910, the native born were about one-third as numerous as the foreign-born among the Japanese in Hawaii, while remaining less than 7% on the mainland. And by 1930, native-born Japanese Americans exceeded those born in Japan by 80%.

Timeline : 

Timeline 1880: Only 148 Japanese lived in the United States. 1899: Hawaiian plantation owners imported more than 26,000 contract laborers from Japan 1900: A majority of half of all the Japanese immigrants that had moved to America, lived in Hawaii. 1910: Four times as many Japanese lived in Hawaii than on the mainland 1930: 80 percent of Japanese Americans were native-born.

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2000 Census 394,896 296,674 56,210 45,237

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This is a picture of the decorations at a Japanese festival which shows the culture the Japanese Immigrants brought along to America.

Bibliography : 

Bibliography http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Japanese.html http://shoegoo.asia/Japan_flag.gif http://8tokyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/torinoichi-01.jpg OUR BRAINS!!!!!