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The 'Gentlemen's Agreement' (1907-1908) between the United States and Japan was designed to:

  1. End the Spanish-American War
  2. Open Japanese ports to American merchant ships
  3. Restrict Japanese immigration in return for desegregating Japanese students in San Francisco
  4. Create a joint military alliance against the Russian Empire
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Correct answer: Restrict Japanese immigration in return for desegregating Japanese students in San Francisco

Faced with rising nativism in California, President Roosevelt negotiated this informal agreement. Japan agreed to stop issuing passports to laborers, while the U.S. pressured San Francisco to stop segregating Asian students.

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