Japanese Internment

Japanese Internment On December 7, 1941, an angry white neighbor came to the home of a Japanese American family. “You …started the war!” the neighbor yelled. “You bombed Pearl Harbor!” Of course, Japanese Americans had nothing to do with starting the war. But, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a cloud of suspicion settled on these loyal citizens.

Japanese Internment Throughout World History, decision makers have been challenged by questions about what constitutes fair and just actions during times of war. For example, in the U.S., the government has had to consider the extent of citizens’ rights in a democracy during wartime. To safeguard American security, can the government of the United States carry out actions that violate the rights of American citizens? Or may the Constitution never be violated even under wartime circumstances?

Japanese Internment December 7, 1941 February 19, 1942 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor February 19, 1942 President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 allowed military authorities to exclude "any and all persons" from designated areas of the country as necessary for national defense

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Japanese Internment Hawaii West Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) Japanese-Americans = majority of population government didn’t force them to relocate West Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) Japanese-Americans & Japanese immigrants forced to relocate no other states wanted to take them

transport center, San Francisco, 1942 #3

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WCCA (Wartime Civil Control Administration) Assembly Center: housed evacuees temporarily until the relocation centers were finished being constructed WRA (War Relocation Authority) Relocation Center: internment camps WRA Isolation Center: where particularly “dangerous” or “criminal” people were sent if they couldn’t live peacefully at the relocation centers http://education.eastwestcenter.org/asiapacificed/ph2006/PH2006projects/9.htm

Japanese Internment internment camp –noun a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoners, etc. Definitions from Dictionary.com concentration camp –noun a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc.

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Granada Relocation Center Colorado, 1943 #6

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#8 Jerome Relocation Center, Arkansas, 1942

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Japanese-American 442nd Combat Team, 1944 #10

military interrogation, 1945 #11 military interrogation, 1945