This chapter is the first of two that describe the progress of Mainland Nikkei toward economic success and general acceptance in the United States, especially after 1928. With the help of whites, especially lawyers and large scale farmers the Nikkei were able to cultivate large tracts of land despite the anti-Japanese land laws. The American Japanese also gained entry to schools, to college educational institutions, religious groups, American sports culture, and limited, but not insignificant access to integrated housing, the right to fish the waters of the Pacific Ocean, and in general, acceptance in one sphere after another.