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The Immigration Act of 1907 was a piece of federal United States immigration legislation passed by the 59th Congress and signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 20, 1907. [2] The Act was part of a series of reforms aimed at restricting the increasing number and groups of immigrants coming into the U.S. before World War I ...
The 1907 State of the Union Address was written by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, on Monday, December 3, 1907.In it the President stressed the importance of upholding the values of self-reliance that had made the country great, but at the same time the importance of regulating, to a certain extent, the actions of large corporations via legislation like anti-trust.
The United States Immigration Commission (also known as the Dillingham Commission after its chairman, Republican Senator William P. Dillingham, was a bipartisan special committee formed in February 1907 by the United States Congress and President Theodore Roosevelt, to study the origins and consequences of recent immigration to the United States. [1]
He was unsuccessful since local officials wanted Japanese exclusion. Roosevelt tried to pressure the school board, but it would not budge. On February 15, 1907, the parties came to a compromise. If Roosevelt could ensure the suspension of Japanese immigration, the school board would allow Japanese American students to attend public schools.
The 1903 State of the Union Address was submitted on Monday, December 7, 1903, by the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, to both houses of the 58th United States Congress. [ 2 ] Concerning immigration to the United States , Roosevelt commented, "We can not have too much immigration of the right kind, and we should have ...
President Theodore Roosevelt did not want to anger Japan by passing legislation to bar Japanese immigration to the U.S. as had been done for Chinese immigration. Instead there was an informal " Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 " between the foreign ministers Elihu Root and Japan's Tadasu Hayashi .
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [b] (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T. R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.He previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as the state's 33rd governor for two years.
Listed below are executive orders numbered 141–1050 and presidential proclamations signed by United States President Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909). He issued 1081 executive orders. [ 8 ] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource , along with his presidential proclamations .