Question

What was the purpose of the "Gentlemen's Agreement"?
A) to increase the number of Asian immigrants
B) to increase the number of skilled immigrants
C) to ban all Mexican immigrants except for agricultural workers needed for seasonal farming.
D) to limit the number of Japanese unskilled emigrants in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segrega

Answer 1

Answer:

Among the options available:

D) to limit the number of Japanese unskilled emigrants in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation law.

Explanation:

Japan agreed to limit issuing of passports to people who wanted to emigrate to the US to work , and the US government agreed to withdraw a polemic law in San Francisco aimed at Japanese people. The so-called Gentlemen´s Agreement was in force between 1908 and 1924.