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What caused this was the attack on Pearl Harbor which took place in 1941 where the Japanese bombed the base in Hawaii. After this attack America grew suspicious of undercover unwanted aliens of the japanese culture so they locked up according to Japanese-American Internment. (n.d.)Retrieved January 29, 2018, from http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp “Over 127,000 united states citizens” because they were of japanese ancestry. Many homes were sold, and many families were separated because some of the fathers were considered people spies for the Japanese. This process of relocation caused a lot of families to lose a lot of money. Their houses were sold for half of what they were supposed to receive.
In this source it talks about many American citizens who were scared and fearful of the Japanese-Americans, accusing them of suspicious acts and even blaming their race for Pearl Harbor. Specifically on the West Coast, people displayed open hostility and vandalized property of Japanese-Americans. The prejudice came to Executive Order 9066, in where President Roosevelt ordered the “evacuation” of the japanese population. America thought they were protecting the Japanese from harassment by relocating them, but they took a step in the wrong