This executive order, misplaced thousands of American citizens all because they had a Japanese background. This order gave local authorities, the right to relocate Japanese American citizens to local camps. They were also given the authority to run these camps in the best way they saw fit (Executive Order 9066). Japanese Americans were given orders and a report date as well as a location to where they would report. They were told to only bring what they could carry and were limited to one bag per person.
During February 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 ordering
The Executive Order 9066 was an ordered issued by America during World War II in 1941 from the japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. As a result of the bombing this order was issued, sending more than 110,000 japanese americans living on the west coast of the U.S and were placed in internment camps. This was an unnecessary and racist act made by America, “this imprisonment was the result of two closely related emotions; racism and hysteria (japanese-american internment was an unnecessary and racist act)”. Many people agree that this event was very unnecessary, Edison Tomimaro Uno a former internee notes that the Japanese people relocated to camps for their own “protection” was sheer hypocrisy, he calls this a crime attributable to racism and economic and political opportunism which is a statement I agree with.
How would you feel if one day you were told to leave your whole life behind to live in captivity just because people halfway across the world did something wrong? This horror story was all too true for the thousands of Japanese Americans alive during World War II. Almost overnight, thousands of proud Japanese Americans living on the west coast were forced to leave their homes and give up the life they knew. The United States government was not justified in the creation of Japanese internment camps because it stripped law-abiding American citizens of their rights out of unjustified fear.
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)
When put into the Japanese Internment Camps, Japanese-Americans were held at gunpoint and forced to leave their homes. After they were released from the camps, Japanese-Americans didn’t have a home to go back to. Not to mention the fact that the Nazi Concentration Camps left survivors mentally damaged and some mentally and physically disabled while the Japanese Internment Camps left survivors in a stable condition. In the Nazi Concentration Camps, prisoners were used as test subjects and those who did survive were left mentally or physically disabled. Even then,
In my opinion, the internment of Japanese-Americans in 1941 was not only unnecessary for national defense, it was also a racist act. Due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, over 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced by the executive order 9066 to evacuate the west coast, being placed in internment camps. Even though to some measure it is understandable that one may be sceptical after such a traumatic experience takes place, internment camps for innocent men, women and children cannot be justified. A large majority of these Japanese-Americans were forced to stay and withstand immensely difficult living conditions and harsh treatment for two and a half years. Relocation has left many with a sense of shame that continues to live on in our modern day.
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.
The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII was not justified. After Pearl Harbor, many Americans were scared of the Japanese Americans because they could sabotage the U.S. military. To try and solve the fear President Franklin D Roosevelt told the army in Executive order 9066 to relocate all Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. They were relocated to detention centers in the desert. Many of them were in the detention centers for three years.
I think Japanese Internment Camps were not unfair and inappropriate, the camps made sure that America was safe and protected. My first reason is that if the government didn’t put the Japanese in the camps, we would have killed the Japanese thinking they were a threat. My second reason is there were some Japanese found guilty and was a threat to our country. My last reason was we gaved food, water and shelter for the families for free. Therefore, there wasn’t really anything inappropriate with the Internment Camps.
The attack on Pearl Harbor had just happened, and people were afraid of another attack coming from the Japanese already in America. And although they were kicked out of their houses, the homes at the internment camps were decent for having to make so many in a short amount of time. The Germans, on the other hand, were much more cruel. Hitler had set out with the goal to kill all Jews simply because he believed they were inferior. Many were brought to the camps and were killed by means of toxic showers and then were cremated.
On February 19, 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 due to bad influence of other leaders. The American people were suspicious of Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor was bombed. Executive Order 9066 forced 110,000-120,000 Japanese-Americans, even if citizens of the U.S, to leave their homes and go into internment camps. These internment camps were unconstitutional because it denied American citizens their basic rights.
Japanese immigration was already at an all time high before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. Before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, there were already cultural, economic, political, and social factors that would lead to the Japanese American internment. The Pearl Harbor attack essentially served as the “spark” to the Japanese American internment as it gave a reason why they should proceed with the interment. Although there were many factors that led to the Japanese American internment, the U.S. government was not justified in its actions.
After the Japanese bombing, rumors arose, and many now believed that Japanese- Americans were involved in sabotage in American war efforts. Despite the lack of concrete evidence, Japanese Americans were suspected of being loyal to their ancestral land. On February 12, 1942, because many felt that Japanese Americans were a security risk and because of agricultural competition, influenced President Roosevelt, he signed executive order 9066 which forced a relocation of all Americans of any Japanese heritage to internment camps. With the rush, Japanese sold many of their belongings and property, many sold their items at a fraction of their current
The notice says ‘camp life’ and they told us exactly what to take, in terms of bringing your own dishes. I remember that ”(Telling Their Stories). Although Executive order 9066 was presented for the safety of the public, the government violated several other rights of Japanese Americans, based solely on their
