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Argumentative Essay On Japanese Internment Camps

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Free the Japanese

Cameron D.C.
Mr.Washington
US History
March 27, 2016

First generation Japanese, also known as Issei, came to the U.S. to make and have a better life for their their second generation known as Nissei. But, when Pearl Harbor was attacked everything had changed for the Japanese Americans. They were discriminated and treated unfairly because of their race. When the bombing happened the social media started spreading rumors and making every Japanese american seem like terrorists and spies trying to destroy the U.S. government from within. On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Imperial Japanese navy in Hawaii destroying one of the United States air force bases, because of this attack Franklin D. Roosevelt executed Order 9066 which allowed the government to evacuate all americans with japanese ancestry and relocate the Japanese americans to internment camps. Over 127,000 U.S. citizens were imprisoned for being suspected of remaining loyal to their ancestral land. Since the attack on Pearl Harbor anti - Japanese paranoia increased because of the large population of Japanese americans on the west coast. Americans feared they were spies or saboteurs from the Japanese government. The U.S. posted evacuation orders in Japanese american communities. Many Japanese americans sold their homes, stores, and assets …show more content…

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