Executive order 9066 Japanese Immigration to the United States: When Japanese immigrants came to the United States on the western part of America. Those in the Pacific Northwest mainly worked on the railroads but those in bigger cities provided things like rooming houses, restaurants, stores, social contacts, and employment services. Anti-Japanese Resentment & Nativism: When the Japanese came to the states they were thought of the enemies. There was resentment of them due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eventually that drove U.S. citizens to pressure Roosevelt to do something about them resulting in executive order 9066. Pearl Harbor Attack: On December 7th ,1941 Japan attacked Peral harbor in Hawaii, it was a sneak attack. Around 3am they …show more content…
During the Second World War Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 9066, this forced hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans out of their homes into internment camps. While all of this was happening we were on the other side of the country fighting the exact same thing just on the other side. Internment Camps: The executive order sent 300,000 Japanese Americans into the internment camps. Two thirds of them were American Citizens. Internment camps were often overcrowded and uncomfortable. The Japanese Americans made the best if their illegitimate incarceration, they were a community. They formed musical groups, people grew flowers in the dry soil, developed crafts, published a newspaper, played on sports teams, and seized opportunities to leave the camps. Japanese Americans in the Military: While the Japanese Americans were sent to the internment camps they were not allowed to be in the military. Even though they were not allowed to join some Japanese men enlisted in hopes of helping their people into a better future. “No loyal citizen of the United States should be denied the democratic right to exercise the responsibilities of his citizenship, regardless of his ancestry.” said President Truman in his speech to the 442nd Regiment.