Note: these are answers to questions regarding the reading "A Loaded Weapon: Japanese Relocation," but the answers have the questions within them.

1. Japanese and Japanese-Americans in the US did not have a smooth time just up until the time of relocation. Prejudice against Japanese-Americans had been widespread, especially on the West Coast, for one half-century before Pearl Harbor. In addition to the prejudice, Japanese males were prevented from marrying white women by custom, and more importantly by law. The history of Japanese in America starts with the Issei, the term used to designate first generation Japanese-American immigrants. These first generations immigrants settled in mostly California, Oregon, and Washington. Many worked in fruit orchards, vineyards, and farms. Others found jobs laboring for the railroads, in canneries, logging, and meatpacking. In the beginning the Issei were welcomed due to labor demand, mostly because they would work for low wages and not complain about working conditions. These ambitious first generation Japanese-Americans soon became unpopular because the Unions regarded them as unwelcome competitors for jobs. Local farmers resented the succe

ss of Issei farms growing citrus fruits, potatoes, and rice. The value of Issei farm crops grew from $6 million in 1909 to $67 million in 1919. As time progressed, anti-Japanese feelings grew along the West Coast, some of it coming from racial prejudice. Many white Americans refused to accept nonwhites as equals. Japanese-Americans were also given a bad reputation from California newspapers that warned of a "Yellow Peril" in which waves of Japanese Immigrants would gradually engulf the state. Immigrants were seen as tricky, inscrutable, deceitful, and treacherous. In 1906, San Francisco school board officials established separate schools for Japanese children. Pressure exerted on President Theodore Roosevelt to stop Japanese immigration led to the "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan in 1907. As part of the agreement the Japanese government agreed to reduce immigration to the United States. In exchange, the United States promised not to adopt laws that discriminated against the Japanese. In 1922, the U.S. Supreme Court Declared that Japanese immigrants were "aliens ineligible to citizenship." The basis for this denial was a 1790 act of Congress that limited citizenship to "free white persons." After the civil war the law was expanded to include persons of African descent. The effect of the Supreme Court decision was that white immigrants from Europe and blacks from Africa could become naturalized U.S. Citizens, but Asians could not. The children of the Issei, called Nisei, were, whoever legally U.S. Citizens. According to the constitution, anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen. In 1924, congress excluded all immigration from Asiatic countries, while still admitting immigrants from other parts of the world. This action made the Japanese government furious because it violated the Gentlemen's Agreement. Other events of discriminati

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)