End of The Practice
In order to maintain positive relations with the United States, the Japanese government stopped issuing passports to picture brides on March 1, 1920 because they were so ill-received in the United States. The end of picture brides left around 24,000 bachelors with no way to return to Japan and bring back a wife. Despite this all, picture brides and the Gentlemen’s agreement were able to create a second Japanese generation, Nisei, consisting of 30,000 people in 1920.
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