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What was internment?
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Putting Japanese Americans in camps because they were suspected of spying during WWII for Japan.
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How many people were convicted of spying for Japan?
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10 and they were all white. Only one Japanese American was convicted of treason (Toguri known as Tokyo Rose).
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Why was Toguri (Tokyo Rose) convicted of treason?
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She was in Tokyo when the war broke out and couldn't get home. She agreed to do propaganda broadcasting to avoid working in a munitions factory.
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What happened to the people who ended up in the internment camps?
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The camps were closed and the people were let go. They had to rebuild their lives but that wasn't easy because most of their possessions had been taken and their property had been sold for low values. They still faced racism and had to find new homes and jobs.
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Who was the president who had issued the order for internment?
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President Roosevelt issued order 9102. 120,000 Japanese has a few days to get ready and then they were sent to 10 different camps.
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Where did the idea of internment first come from?
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It came from newspaper columnists. Then a group of West Coast politicians joined in which included Earl Warren who later became chief justice of the Supreme Court.
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Who opposed internment?
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J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI quietly said that internment was not necessary; he said the FBI could handle the surveillance of suspects. Norman Thomas, leader of the American Socialist Party spoke out against internment. He did not have a lot of supporters.
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What did the American government do to make up for their wrong doing?
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Forty years after the war the American government apologized to Japanese Americans for the injustice done to them. Those in camps were given money for their suffering.
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What were the events/feelings that led to the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast?
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People were afraid and scared of Japanese after Pearl Harbor. This caused them to lock the Japanese up because it gave them a sense of security.
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Do you believe FDR was justified in his decision to intern the Japanese Americans? Provide support for your answers.
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No. He was swayed by what others thought.Many columnists and West Coast politiicians supported internment.
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