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Japanese Internment Camps In The 1940's

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On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 9066 which forced somewhere between 110,000 and 120,000 Japanese-Americans, 70% of which were born in America, to be taken away from their homes and thrown into camps. These camps were originally called “relocation centers” as to make them sound more appealing. This order was one of many stepping stones that lead to American citizens viewing Japanese citizens as spies and criminals. People like Lt. Gen. John DeWitt wrote to FDR saying “The Japanese race is an enemy race,”(Medoff 2014). Internment camps were made to detain and hold people captive, so during World War II the American government put Japanese-Americans in these internment camps, fearing they might be loyal to Japan. The internment of Japanese Americans in camps in the 1940’s had tremendous long term psychological and social effects. …show more content…

Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. In total, 2,403 Americans died and 1,178 were wounded. Eighteen ships were sunk or run aground, including five battleships. This not only prompted the U.S. to get involved in World War II, but it also prompted the U.S. to put Japanese-Americans into internment camps. Before Pearl Harbor the U.S. and Japan had been going back and forth about trading that the U.S. had recently closed off. Japan wanted the resources that the U.S. had but didn’t want to stop invading or the war, so they did the unthinkable and attacked the United States. This lead to Americans having a deep hatred for Japanese, they felt betrayed and wanted revenge. This type of mentality is what lead to such terrible treatment of the Japanese

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Japan's unexpected assault on Pearl Harbor in 1941 caused America to be thrown into a period of chaos and anxiety. During this horrid time, Japanese-Americans residing on the West Coast were labeled as the main suspects of espionage and seen as dangerous because of their heritage. President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, as a result of the prevailing feelings of fear and unpredictability. This order, which allowed the displacement and imprisonment of more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, represented a major shift in U.S. history. Families were forcibly removed from their houses, their belongings were taken, and Japanese individuals were transported thousands of miles to be placed in these camps.

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In december 1941 rumors spread about sending the Japanese to internment camps which means leaving their homes and being separated from their families This is very important to me because they could have handled this a better way , sixty two percent of the internees were united states citizens ! The Japanese internment camps was a forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 11,000 and 120,000 people of japanese ancestry who lived in the pacific coast . Ten internment camps were established in California , Utah , Arizona , Colorado , Arkansas and Wyoming . “ President Roosevelt signed executive order 9066 authorizing the war relocation authority to force 110,000 Japanese and their american-born children into relocation

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Roosevelt, “this order authorized the forced removal of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to "relocation centers" further inland – resulting in the incarceration of Japanese Americans.” This order forced many Japanese to leave their homes and businesses and live in cramped, unsanitary internment camps. Where racial prejudice was being used by the United States to rationale Executive Order 9066. This order rationale was based on the government's belief; with no true evidence, that Japanese-Americans were potential spies and saboteurs, and it allowed for the mass internment of innocent Japanense-American citizens based on their ancestry where over 120,000 innocent Japanese-American lives were forced to move in internment war camps.

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Summary: This website tells about the Japanese Internment Camps during WW2. The source explains that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, would live in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor released for national security, and, two months later, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which had the effect of relocating all persons of Japanese ancestry outside of the Pacific military zone into Internment Camps. Four or five families with sparse clothing and possessions squeezed into and shard tar-papered

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Jayna Marie Lorenzo May 23, 2023 Historiography Paper Professor Kevin Murphy Historiography Final: Japanese Internment “A date which will live in infamy,” announced President Roosevelt during a press conference after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Due to the military threat by the Japanese on the West Coast, on February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, ordering for the incarceration of all people of Japanese descent. The Order forced about 120,000 Japanese Americans into relocation centers across the United States where they remained in captivity until the war ended.

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During the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels, more than 300 airplanes and killed over 2,000 American soldiers and sailors. The attack was caused by multiple events and conflicts that took place beforehand. One of them was the fact that the United States was unhappy about how Japanese invaded and extended their territory into China during World War II. Trying to stop Japan, United States decided to cut off their trade on oil since Japan received 80 percent of its oil from the United States. Another cause why Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was because they wanted to expand in the Pacific.

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The force of the relocation and the internment of Japanese americans had changed many of their life's experiences dealing with dehumanization taking away their freedom

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The Japanese Internment Camps were United States controlled concentration camps during WWII for the accused Japanese-Americans, urged on by the paranoia citizens and ended by the Nisei’s loyalty. The establishment began by the relocation order, also known as Executive Order 9066. All of the American citizens of Japanese descent were relocated in a short period of time and endured the conditions of the war camps. An intern based army on the Allied side and two major court cases made the US reconsidered the Executive Order and shut down the internment camps. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December, the citizens of America were terrified and blamed the Japanese-Americans.

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The Societal and Educational Impacts of the Japanese-American Internment Camps Many characteristics of modern Japanese-American culture can be traced back to the internment camps of World War II. These internment camps had such an impact that they left traces in the current educational system and today’s society. There is a noticeable pattern when looking at the diffusion of Japanese-American citizens on a map. The main internment camps were located along the west coast, where most Japanese-American individuals currently reside. When you look at the educational aspect of the internment camps' history, it is evident that this crucial part of Asian-American history is not treated as such.

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The Japanese Internment camps were a product of discrimination. This is the same for the Concentration Camps in Europe. One would cause the deaths of millions of people. The other would cause the government to apologise to the people in the camps, and give 20,000 dollars in reparations. Executive Order 9066 was one of the reasons that Internment camps were out in place.

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Many Americans worried that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies or saboteurs for the Japanese government. This drove U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign the Executive Order 9066, which ordered all Japanese-Americans to evacuate the West Coast. Even though almost all of the people living in the U.S. with Japanese ancestry were Nisei – a person born in the U.S whose relatives were immigrants from Japan- the military was ordered to remove any persons from any area in the country where national security was at risk. This resulted in the relocation of approximately 120,000 people, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, to one of 10 internment camps located across the country.

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Imagine having to leave your home to be forced to go to a prison like place. This is what the American citizens with Japanese descent had to go through during World War II (WWII). 110,000 Japanese-Americans from the west coast were forced to go to an internment camp which was completely unnessaccary and racist. The United States(US) was worried that there were Japanese spies after the attack on Pearl Harbor and wanted to be more safe than sorry. Some of the reasons I believe that it was awful because it was racist, unnecessary, and paranoia.

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The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who had lived on the Pacific coast. Sixty-two percent of the internees were United States citizens. This particular case took place due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the suspicion of the American people. There is however a rising question to the internment of these people. What is the true cause of their relocation?

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