Japanese were thought of as lesser people due to the facts they were ambitious. White Americans assumed the Japanese would take their jobs. Federal Law has limited Japanese rights before the attack on Pearl Harbor including immigration, citizenship, and voting. Japanese-Americans were interned in camps during WW2 because since we we fought with Japan, people worried the Japanese-American would be with the Japan and not with the United States. Also, the Americans were taking economic opportunities and jobs away from the American people. After the attack on the Pearl Harbor, feelings of dislike and distrust toward the Japanese increased. Many suspected the Japanese of spying and attempting to sabotage the Americans. Once the Japanese moved to
