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Japanese-Americans During Ww2

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Japanese living in the United states during World War II were faced with challenges that no other citizens or ‘aliens’ would have faced simply because they were of Japanese descent. The United States had no reason or real issue to enter in World War II. However, after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor suspicions against those of Japanese descent rose. “The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 came as a shattering blow to the United States- but it should not have come as a complete surprise”(Grolier.pg.36). Prior to this attack there was no threat felt by America or its residents from the Japanese. After Pearl Harbor though, fear rose from around the country of the Japanese and the fear that they would stay loyal to Japan and so the …show more content…

They would face discrimination from everywhere, many lost their jobs simply because they were Japanese. They were seen as a threat. In New York the mayor at this time claimed that Japanese walking down the roads were doing so at their own risk. The Japanese were not being protected, regardless if they were citizens or not. “On February 19, 1942, Roosevelt signed Executive Order#9066, Which forced all Japanese-Americans, regardless of loyalty or citizenship, to evacuate the West Coast”(JapaneseAmericanRelocation). The nation's ridiculous hysteria had reached the Government forcing the president at the time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to take action. In Roosevelt's executive order he forced any and all Japanese to drop their lives, leaving all their belongs behind and evacuate their homes. ‘“After Japan's attack on pearl harbor, The U.S. Government set up 10 internment camps across the west. They held Japanese that they felt were perceived as a threat - half were children” (ThisWasLifeForJapaneseAmericansDuringWWII). Japanese were rounded up, only allowed one suitcase per person and sent to small, cramped, often over-crowded camps called “relocation camps” to live and stay where they can be watched to make sure they opposed no threat. Not one of these Japanese was ever charged for un-loyalty or even opposed an actual

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