Logan Lee
2/22/2016
Ms. Long/Mr. Young
2nd/3rd Hour
Japanese American Internment In 1941, the Japanese flew into the huge U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor and bombed it. The attack killed hundreds of Americans and destroyed several warships. After the attack, the U.S. declared war on Japan and joined the Allied forces in World War II ( The government then took all the Japanese Americans and sent all of them to internment camps. This essay answers the question if the internment of the Japanese Americans was justified. The internment was not a justified action because there were no German or Italian camps, the Japanese were not a threat, and interning every Japanese American. The first reason why Japanese American internment was not justified is …show more content…
The majority of the Japanese Americans lived on the West Coast in the area around California. In Doc B, it is stated that “The Japanese are hampered as saboteurs because of their easily recognized physical appearance” (Munson 2). The Japanese living in America left Japan and became citizens because they were opposing the way Japan ran its country. The younger ones, however, were born citizens in the United States. Doc B also says, “There is far more danger from Communists and people of the Bridges Type on the Coast than there is from Japanese” (Munson 2). Japanese living on the West Coast are simply just living their lives without any trouble or concern for their homeland, Japan. That is the second reason why Japanese American internment was not …show more content…
In Doc B, it says “It is easy to get on the suspect list” (Munson 2). There was over 115,000 persons with Japanese ancestry resided along the coast (DeWitt 1). Of those people, all of them were sent to internment camps which should be called prison camps. There would have to have been thousands of women, children, and elderly Japanese citizens that were all forced to go to internment camps. Of those people, only a select few would even consider being sabotages or committing espionage. Instead of interning only the ones that could be suspected to possibly spying on the United States, they decided to intern everyone. Think about if you would want to be sent to basically a prison camp because someone in your neighborhood broke the law. That is pretty much what you the government is doing to the Japanese Americans. That is the final reason why Japanese American internment was
2/22/2016
Ms. Long/Mr. Young
2nd/3rd Hour
Japanese American Internment In 1941, the Japanese flew into the huge U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor and bombed it. The attack killed hundreds of Americans and destroyed several warships. After the attack, the U.S. declared war on Japan and joined the Allied forces in World War II ( The government then took all the Japanese Americans and sent all of them to internment camps. This essay answers the question if the internment of the Japanese Americans was justified. The internment was not a justified action because there were no German or Italian camps, the Japanese were not a threat, and interning every Japanese American. The first reason why Japanese American internment was not justified is …show more content…
The majority of the Japanese Americans lived on the West Coast in the area around California. In Doc B, it is stated that “The Japanese are hampered as saboteurs because of their easily recognized physical appearance” (Munson 2). The Japanese living in America left Japan and became citizens because they were opposing the way Japan ran its country. The younger ones, however, were born citizens in the United States. Doc B also says, “There is far more danger from Communists and people of the Bridges Type on the Coast than there is from Japanese” (Munson 2). Japanese living on the West Coast are simply just living their lives without any trouble or concern for their homeland, Japan. That is the second reason why Japanese American internment was not …show more content…
In Doc B, it says “It is easy to get on the suspect list” (Munson 2). There was over 115,000 persons with Japanese ancestry resided along the coast (DeWitt 1). Of those people, all of them were sent to internment camps which should be called prison camps. There would have to have been thousands of women, children, and elderly Japanese citizens that were all forced to go to internment camps. Of those people, only a select few would even consider being sabotages or committing espionage. Instead of interning only the ones that could be suspected to possibly spying on the United States, they decided to intern everyone. Think about if you would want to be sent to basically a prison camp because someone in your neighborhood broke the law. That is pretty much what you the government is doing to the Japanese Americans. That is the final reason why Japanese American internment was