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The Trail Of Tears: Dislocation Of Japanese Americans

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At the beginning of the 1830’s nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. This land had been occupied by them for centuries. Because white settlers wanted to grow cotton on the Indians land, the federal government forced the Indians to leave their homelands and walk to a new “Indian Territory.” Which would later be known as Oklahoma. This difficult and deadly journey is known as the Trail of Tears, the Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American nations in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of May 26, 1830. The law which was authorized by the current president, Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson had always been an advocate …show more content…

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 ordering all Japanese-Americans to evacuate the West Coast. This resulted in the relocation of approximately 120,000 people, many of whom were American citizens, to one of 10 internment camps located across the country. The relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps during World War II was one of the most flagrant violations of civil liberties in American history. For the Japanese Americans who were unfairly forced into internment, the whole process was a living nightmare of dislocation and fear. Life in internment was inside racetracks and fairgrounds. The Internees stayed in animal stables and stalls where livestock had been kept recently. The stench of manure rose up from the ground, dust blew inside, and people were forced to literally live like animals. Many of the living areas didn’t even have roofs and cleanliness was of low quality. The only way to escape the camps was to enlist in the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team. Everyone in the regiment was Japanese-American. Many who enlisted saw it as an opportunity to prove their loyalty to America, the enlisted internees would be sent out on the most dangerous of missions. To even attempt or resisting were all punishable by death within the camps. Many Japanese Americans were shot and killed for trying to escape and some guards went to court for their wrongdoings but with disappointing results. One guard was tried for the 1943 murder of an elderly chef named James Hatsuki Wakasa and was found not

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At the time of the order, the nation was devastated by the attack on Pearl Harbor and citizens feared another attack was imminent. Many people believed that the Japanese Americans were still loyal to Japan and would act as spies despite the fact that almost two-thirds of the internees were United States citizens. While moving to the camps, the internees were only allowed to carry bedding, toiletries and clothing with them. They could only bring whatever they could carry themselves. The Japanese did not know where they were going or for how long they would be

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It was a violation of human rights that could be avoided with less selfish from the President Jackson and the

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Rough Draft Japanese POW Camps The Japanese prisoner of war camps were prisons ran by savages, with no rules. These camps were built for soldiers that surrendered in World War Two, and lasted until the end of the war. These camps were ran by savages that saw us less than dogs, and treated people worse than the Germans did. "There were many indeed who became so demoralized that they abandoned every tenet of personal integrity, honor, loyalty, and the accepted standards of human behavior.”

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Some internees died from poor medical care and a high level of stress. Those who disobeyed the rules, were sent to the Tule Lake facility. In December 1944 Public Proclamation, allowed these internees to return to their homes. For example, Japanese descent living in the US were removed from their homes and placed in internment camps. The US justified their action by claiming that there was a danger of those of Japanese descent spying for the Japanese.

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  They lived in tarpaper barracks, dined together in community mess halls, and the children were expected to attend school.   The government hoped that the interns would farm the land but the soil was too arid and it could not be done.   The men were offered work for $5 a day.   They also knew if they tried to escaped, they would be shot.

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After the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, the government did not trust any Japanese descent living in the United States, even those who were U.S. citizens. President Roosevent established Executive Order 9066 which forced all people of Japanese ancestry into concentration camps. These camps were penitentiaries with armed guards, towers with spotlights and barbed wire fences. Concentration camps were extremely unsanitary and the food that was given to them were not fresh. (Document 2)

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But the Indian Removal Act of 1830 tells a different story by saying “That it may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any state of organized territory, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished”. The Trail of Tears was the forceful removal of Indians from their lands to areas west of the Mississippi River. From 1830 through 1840 100,000 Native American Indians from the east were forced to re settle by the U.S. Army. Many Native Americans were killed or died on the Trail of

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This law allowed the federal government to pay the natives to move west. Most Native Americans accepted the payment for their lands and agreed to move, but the Cherokee nation refused. They took their case to the Supreme Court, and Chief Justice John Marshall decided that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokees. Jackson disagreed with the Supreme Court’s ruling. The textbook states “ ‘John Marshall has made his decision,’ Jackson reportedly said.

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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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Then they would also steal canned foods like canned tomatoes and more. Then they would also map out the area around them, like the camp and the land. So they can know how to get around without getting caught. In some ways, the Japanese-American internees were dehumanized by the Americans during the war. Were like when they were sent to camps.

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The camps that the Nisei’s were sent to were not pleasant for them. The camps had no air conditioning, heating, water, or plumbing. They were built quickly therefore not sturdy or clean. They were located in deserts and sand would get through the holes overnight. The Nisei’s at the camp did not have good food because they were eating what the army ate and it was not what they were used to

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Describing the conditions of the camps, Ashlyn Nelson states, “Conditions...were deplorable. They were severely lacking in basic amenities such as health and sanitation services...guards subjected internees to tear gas and other forms of abuse” (Nelson). The so called “melting pot” that accepted everyone rejected its own citizens, demoralizing and degrading the Japanese Americans, consequently establishing a feeling of non acceptance in the Japanese

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The Trail of Tears was an effort by president Andrew Jackson to relocate Native Americans to regions in and around present-day Oklahoma. Jackson claimed this mass migration was beneficial to the american people and helped them to advance civilization; however, many historians today say that this was a cruel injustice. Almost everyone involved in the Trail of Tears felt poorly about the mistreatment, especially the Cherokee people that were being harmed and killed. The conditions were not fit for any human being and the soldiers removing them did serious psychological damage to the men, women, and children they took.

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During the 1800s, America looked for more land to colonize and give to its people. The majority of this land, however, belonged to several Native American tribes. Despite these tribes were considered the most civilized tribes, the American government felt it was necessary to take away their lands. With the passing of the “Indian Removal Act” under President Andrew Jackson, millions of natives were forced onto the Trail of Tears to relocate further west from their ancestral lands. The Chickasaw and Choctaw were the first to leave.

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Some Japanese-Americans died in the camps, because of lack of medical care, and food shorted.” “The soldiers shot them if they did not follow the rules or orders the camp had.” “As it states on www.ushistory.org “In 1944, two and a half years after signing executive order 9066, Fourth-term President Franklin D. Roosevelt resigned the order, the last internment camp was closed by the end of 1945.” “In 1988 the congress paid each survivor of the camps twenty thousand dollars.” “It is estimated that seventy three million dollars people are still getting their money for the violation of their freedom.”

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