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After the Pearl Harbor incident in Japan, many Americans were frightened of Japan. Many people believe that Japanese Americans remained loyal to Japan as spies, although most were American citizens. The US government began to gradually limit the rights of Japanese Americans, and eventually forced them to leave their homes and be detained in detention camps. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, ordering the warheads to the west coast in 1942, in which Japanese Americans were detained to internment camps. However, it should be noted that the Executive Order 9066 Act does not specifically refer to Japanese Americans is very important. Thousands of Germans and Italians were also classified

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