History of Hawaii

Life for the Japanese Americans became very hard following Executive Order No. 9066. Once the war ended, the Japanese returned to their homes and faced housing, employment, and racial discriminations. Overnight, the life of the Japanese Americans changed significantly when over one hundred and ten thousand people had to leave their homes and move to detention camps. The reasoning behind them having to go to detention camps was because of racial prejudice and war hysteria. After living in…

Did you know that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a complete surprise because the US was allies with Japan? The Japanese were unhappy with an embargo, which was placed by the US. That led to Pearl Harbor being attacked and the losses were massive. The attack led to the US joining and eventually ending the war. The Attack on Pearl Harbor can be researched through why it happened, what happened, and the effects of it. Before the United States joined in World War 2 it passed an oil embargo…

The novel, No-No Boy by John Okada is about the Inability to function as either Japanese or American. The novel focuses on Ichiro, who is a twenty-five-year-old Japanese man released from prison camp and jail for refusing to join the U.S. Army. The novel is set in Post World War II and is narrated in a third-person point of view. The narrator shares the story of Ichiro, who is a first generation Japanese American. Ichiro struggles to find his place in society and after Pearl Harbor is bombed…

of war, but no longer. We are now in this war. We are all in it. We must share the bad news and the good news, the defeats and the victories, the losses and the recoveries. So far, the news has been depressing. We have suffered serious losses in Hawaii. I empathize with all of the families of the men in our armed forces and those of the people in cities which have been attacked. I can only give them my word that they will receive news as soon as possible. The government will give the facts to…

Code talking is very important to the history of the world in multiple ways. A code talker is a person who uses obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime. During WWII code talkers were used to spy on the Japanese military to make sure they weren’t going to get involved in the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. navy was nervous about what kind of weapons they had and how they were going to use those weapons against the U.S. The role of the code talker as we…

Bloody Waters of Pearl Harbor 2,353 U.S. people passed away and only 55 Japanese died in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was a tragic day in history because so many risked their lives ( How many Pearl Harbor Deaths were there? - visit Pearl Harbor, 2016). Most important, Japan launches a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor (USHMM attack on Pearl Harbor). The following day, U.S. President, Franklin Roosevelt declared war on the Japan (USHMM attack on Pearl…

If I could pick anywhere in the world to go i’d wanna go to Hawaii. Hawaii has been place I have wanted to go to ever since my grandpa told me about his trip. They have a lot of things to do in Hawaii. These are some of the reason why I wanna go to Hawaii I would like to go to a Hawaiian luau, I wanna go to the volcano’s and visit Hawaii’s great beach. To start with I would hike softly to the huge volcano. When I arrive at the huge volcano I would pick coconuts and admire the site around me.…

Known for its cascading waterfalls, visitors to Kauai can enjoy a thrilling kayaking trip down the Wailua River. Fishponds can be found on the island that have existed for 1,000 years. Meanwhile, shoppers can explore the quaint towns of Old Kolia Town and Hanapepe. Overview Kauai is the fourth-largest island in the Hawaiian Islands. Nicknamed the Garden Isle, it is filled with jagged cliff faces, steep mountains and verdant valleys. Over the centuries, tropical rain forests have taken over…

It's 1941 one of the United States naval base has been bombed it has killed hundreds of innocent lives. Now imagine being accused of all those deaths. That’s what Japanese Americans were facing at the time. They were being accused of something they didn’t do, but for something their country did. For this reason Japanese Americans were put in internment camps. Internment camps were camps set up by the government to put all the people of Japanese ancestry. The U.S. took 115,000 Japanese Americans…

The cultural group that I choose to investigate is the Ainu people. The Ainu were the original indigenous group of Japan, specifically northern Japan. However, they are now primarily inhabiting the island of Hokkaido. They have had to fight to maintain their culture as the Japanese government has been attempting to assimilate them.“So Ainu (culture) is on the verge of collapse”(Schorow). According to the textbook colonization is “the more or less organized system of occupation and exploitation…