1. Internment Camps
Objective: identify the impact of WWII on the lives of Japanese Americans living in the United States

4. Internment Camps
Japanese-American internment – more than 110,000 people placed in internment camps under Executive Order 9066
Many lost their possessions

5. Camps were crowded and uncomfortable
Many kept for the next three years

8. Summary

15. More than two-thirds were Japanese Americans were Nisei (born in the United States)

16. Nations fears were unfounded – 10 people were found guilty of treason during WWII, none were Japanese Americans
Korematsu v. United States – the government in cases of national security has the right to imprison people who might be a threat

17. 1988 – US acknowledge the injustice; Congress issued an apology and each survivor received $20,000