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Theodore Roosevelt and Asian Immigration
Professor of history Gary Gerstle explains that Theodore Roosevelt was a great admirer of the Japanese and welcomed Japanese immigrants, despite popular sentiment in the United States against the perceived "invasion by yellow people." Professor Gers...
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Chinese Exclusion Act, The
Professor of American studies and history Matthew Frye Jacobson traces the evolution of negative attitudes towards Chinese immigrants in the United States, culminating with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.