Japanese Influence On Japanese Americans

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Along with being told that they only had a certain amount of days to move out of their homes, Japanese Americans were forced to move out of their homes. Days after the attack on Pearl Harbor signs were posted that the Japanese Americans were to only pack what they can carry and get rid of the rest of their belongings, then they would move to camps under government surveillance. This came as a shock to a lot of Japanese Americans, they did not expect the United States to question their loyalty. Selling the remainder of their items that they could not carry proved to be difficult. Buyers offered the lowest amount of money they could, while the Japanese Americans wanted much more cash for the things that was valuable in their eyes. Some Japanese

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