| 1600's-1700's |
Open policies from U.S. perspective; emigration bars in Japan,
China, Korea |
| 1865 |
Small settlement of Filipinos established in Louisiana |
| 1800-75 |
Open policies from U.S. perspective |
| 1840's |
Chinese begin to enter in appreciable numbers |
| 1850 |
California enacts foreign miners' tax, resulting in depopulation
of Latino mining force, leaving mostly Chinese |
| 1850's |
Chinese actively recruited; but anti-Chinese sentiment also
arises |
| 1854 |
Peace treaty with Japan, ending Japan's policy of seclusion
|
| 1868 |
Burlingame Treaty with China, officially
ending China's strict Emigration policy; but anti-Chinese sentiment
grows |
| 1870 |
Citizenship rights extended to African Americans,
but not to Chinese |
| 1875 |
Page Law barring entry of Chinese prostitutes
|
| 1882 |
Chinese Exclusion Act barring entry of laborers
for 10 years |
| 1882 |
Treaty with Korea ending Korea's self-imposed isolation |
| 1884 |
Supreme Court holds that wives of Chinese laborers cannot
enter |
| 1884-85 |
Japan permits laborers to work in Hawaii and passes first
modern emigration law, as recruitment of Japanese workers increases
|
| 1894 |
Additional treaty with Japan, reaffirming its
commitment to open travel; but anti-Japanese sentiment grows
|
| 1895 |
Japan defeats China in war |
| 1898 |
U.S. takes jurisdiction over Philippines
|
| 1902-5 |
7,500 Koreans arrive in Hawaii |
| 1904 |
Chinese exclusion made indefinite |
| 1905 |
Japan defeats Russia in war; Korea becomes
a Japanese protectorate |
| 1906 |
San Francisco public schools segregate Japanese
students |
| 1907-8 |
Under Gentlemen's Agreement, Japan agrees to restrict travel
documents to laborers |
| 1911 |
Japan agrees to further restrictions on the emigration of
laborers |
| 1913 |
The California Alien Land Act bars aliens,
mostly Japanese farmers, from owning land. Further restrictions
are added in 1921 and 1923; later repealed in 1948. |
| 1911-17 |
2,000 Asian Indians enter; anti-Asian sentiment
grows |
| 1917 |
Asiatic barred zone is created |
| 1920's |
Recruitment of Filipino workers is stepped up |
| 1922-23 |
Supreme Court rules that Japanese and Asian
Indians are not eligible for citizenship |
| 1924 |
National Origins Quota Act, barring any "alien
ineligible to citizenship" |
| 1932-34 |
Influx of Filipinos hits its peak, as does anti-Filipino sentiment
|
| 1934 |
Tydings-McDuffie Act grants Philippine independence in 12
years and establishes interim immigration quota at 50 |
| 1942 |
Internment Of 120,000 West Coast Japanese
Americans begins |
| 1943 |
Chinese exclusion repealed |
| 1946 |
Asian Indians and Filipinos granted citizenship
rights; quotas increased to 100 |
| 1952 |
McCarran-Walter Act abolishes Asiatic barred zone, but limits
immigration to 2,000 within Asia-Pacific triangle |
| 1962 |
Attorney general paroles in 15,11 land China |
| 1965 |
Asia-Pacific triangle repealed; country quotas Of 20,000 established
under family reunification premised system |
| 1975 |
U.S. withdraws from Indochina and opens doors
to refugees |
| 1980 |
Refugee Act establishes refugee procedures |
| 1981 |
Separate quota established for Republic of China (Taiwan)
|
| 1990 |
Expansion of Hong Kong quota (to 10,000;
then to 20,000 in 1995); naturalization extended to Filipino
veterans of World War II |
