Since 1776, the United States of America (USA, US or America) has been a country of freedom and hope. Throughout the years, the United States has strived to be the most diverse and accepting country in the world. So it is no surprise that a common nickname for America is the “Melting Pot,” which was coined around 1908 by Israel Zangwill. This name was coined in an attempt to reassure newcomers that America would welcome them with opened arms. However, through the years the “melting pot” nickname became a burden of tolerance and approval that many Americans did not want to carry. The USA quickly realized that opened door immigration would not be a sustainable method of immigration for long. And since immigration is not directly addressed in the Constitution, laws and regulations that have been created since the founding of the United States are a direct result of the branching
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With the bombing of Pearl Harbor and free of attacks from within, the USA launch internment camps, which were mandatory temporary housing for Japanese-Americans. The fear of another blindside attack blinded the US from what they were doing. Ushistory.org say in their article Japanese-American Internment that “The camps were often too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer. The food was mass produced army-style grub. And the interns knew that if they tried to flee, armed sentries who stood watch around the clock, would shoot them” (Japanese-American Internment). Sound familiar? However, the reaction of the citizens was overall and a resounding sense of relief. Americans felt safer not seeing Japanese-Americans around their town. There were 10 camps in total on the west coast, and the camps were opened for two and a half years. Years later,1988, and to no real avail except in an attempt to clear the history books of this black past, Congress signed an order to pay $20,000 to any survivor of the
With the bombing of Pearl Harbor and free of attacks from within, the USA launch internment camps, which were mandatory temporary housing for Japanese-Americans. The fear of another blindside attack blinded the US from what they were doing. Ushistory.org say in their article Japanese-American Internment that “The camps were often too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer. The food was mass produced army-style grub. And the interns knew that if they tried to flee, armed sentries who stood watch around the clock, would shoot them” (Japanese-American Internment). Sound familiar? However, the reaction of the citizens was overall and a resounding sense of relief. Americans felt safer not seeing Japanese-Americans around their town. There were 10 camps in total on the west coast, and the camps were opened for two and a half years. Years later,1988, and to no real avail except in an attempt to clear the history books of this black past, Congress signed an order to pay $20,000 to any survivor of the