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    of many Americans until today and as such, is a significant event in American history. This attack obviously had many implications on America. It had clearly caused mass hysteria among the United States’ citizens which consequently brought upon a lot of changes within the American society. Furthermore, the attack on Pearl Harbor was an extremely serious one which caused the American government to change their military policies. According to Kluckhohn, President Roosevelt ordered the American…

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    Pictures Bibliography "Japanese-American Internment Camps." Period 9's LA Wiki /. Web. 25 Jan. 2016 "Japanese Internment Camps." Outsider Japan /. 2009. Web. 26 Jan. 2016. "Pearl Harbor.com - USS Arizona Memorial - Survivors." Pearl Harbor.com - USS Arizona Memorial - Survivors. Web. 26 Jan. 2016. "Digital History." Digital History. Web. 26 Jan. 2016. George Takei Describes His Experience in a Japanese Internment Camp." Io9. Web. 26 Jan. 2016. "Internment History." PBS. PBS. Web. 26 Jan.…

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    There is a long history of discrimination and hatred towards other groups. For America, the history of discrimination started in 1492 with the discovery of America. When it comes to the discrimination of the Japanese it began when Chinese immigrants entered the country during the Gold Rush in 1849. When Chinese immigrants entered the country, acts of violence were committed against them due to the heavy competition for gold. After 1850 when California became a state, laws were created to…

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    When reading about the history of America, one shall find stories of racism, fear, and hatred. These three factors were present during the time of the civil rights movement with African-Americans, and it had become sequentially present in the time of World War II towards Japanese-Americans. It was December 7th, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. There were over two-thousand casualties and the Americans were scarred by what happened. Americans had not witnessed an attack on their soil…

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    been events all throughout American history that have been monumental and has had events that led into mass hysteria caused by fear. Many of these events were brought on by the ignorance of others. Events like the mass internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two and the Red-Scare brought on during the Cold War with the fear of Russian espionage in America. The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers was one of the biggest events that caused not only an American epidemic of fear but a…

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    somewhere unfamiliar, was falsely accused of something you never did, and had to deal with race prejudice everyday? This was the injustice the Japanese Americans had to go through during WW II. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 12/071941, the United States reaction took a very effective part in american history. The FBI started arresting Japanese American known as community leaders and were taken away from their families. President Roosevelt signed the executive order 9066, which allowed…

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    presence in the locality, however, was made a crime only if his parents were of Japanese birth" (Foner 206), meaning that Korematsu 's predicament was caused solely due to the fact that he was born to Japanese parents. If Korematsu had been German or Italian, U.S. authorities would have left him alone, but, because he was Japanese he was targeted. This comes despite the fact that Korematsu had been both born on American soil and a United States citizen and had never publicly said anything…

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    the Japanese-Americans. Because it was during World War II, the Japanese decided to bomb Pearl Harbor. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt feared that the Japanese-Americans were working as spies for the Japanese which is why he forced them into internment camps. The imprisonment of the Japanese-Americans was greatly affected by racism. All of the Japanese-Americans were forced to move to internment camps soon after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Franklin D. Roosevelt feared that the…

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    even if no one is doing it,”-Unknown The Japanese Internment camps is one of the most upsetting things to happen in our American History. Innocent Japanese American people were help in camps in the desert by their fellow Americans. Executive order 9066 ordered 110,000 Japanese to do so, issued by our very own President. This is not only embarrassing, it is wrong, cruel, and shows no respect for our american people. Firstly, these were legal Japanese Americans torn away from their homes, and…

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    is what happened during World War II after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. The United States’ citizens and government officials were suspicious of the Japanese-Americans being disloyal to their country. This fear became the reason many people lived in military-style barracks surrounded by barbed wire fences and guards at an internment camp (Interview 2). What was life like to live there for the duration of the war? How did the Japanese-Americans feel? This topic was of interest to me…

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