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Japanese Paranoia Research Paper

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At the beginning of World War II, over ⅓ of the Chinese population in America went to serve in all branches of the Army Ground Forces and the Army Air Forces.

Japanese-American concentration camps were created when Americans became suspicious that they may still be loyal to their home country. Anti-Japanese paranoia increased because of a major Japanese presence on the West Coast. In the event of a Japanese invasion of America’s mainland, Japanese Americans were feared of as a security risk. President Roosevelt signed an executive order in February 1942, which ordered the relocation of all Americans with Japanese ancestry to concentration camps inside the United States. Chinese Americans were not as discriminated against as the Japanese
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