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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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    who the United States government has stripped of his identity, culture, and personality. The changed father permits the reader to comprehend the detrimental impacts the Japanese internment experience had on Japanese American citizens and how even upon their release the internees suffered with psychological remnants of the internment…

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    States Of America interned over 115,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans. In 1941, The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, this was the start of what was called The Pacific War during World War II. About 3 months later, President Roosevelt signed an order that ordered all people of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast, Oregon, Washington, and California, to be relocated to internment camps inside of the U.S.. Before Roosevelt signed the order, most Japanese people living in the U.S. had their…

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    after the massacre occurred, the Japanese did not tell their citizens of what happened in Nanking due to shame. The government of Japan controlled most of the media so unbiased, reliable information was hard to come by. “In fact, the Japanese soldiers were always described as heroes. It was not until the postwar Tokyo Trial that the truth of the Nanking Massacre was first revealed to the Japanese civilians. The atrocities revealed during the Trial shocked the Japanese Society at the time,”…

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    of the Japanese-Americans were released. The Supreme Court still upheld the legalization of the relocation based on their ruling in the cases of Hirabayashi vs. United States and Korematsu vs. United States. However, early in the spring of 1945, the Japanese-Americans who had maintained and exhibited an undisputed loyalty to the United States were…

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    Order 9066 issued the following Japanese Americans living on the West Coast to be imprisoned, taken away from their friends and homes. It was that very day on February 19, 1942 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zone making way for the deportation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, all backs were turned to those of Japanese descent; were they (the Japanese) with us or against us?…

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    Did you know that there was about 120,000 Japanese Americans taken from their homes and put into these Relocation centers? Within those 120,000 people, there was only ten camps. The three years they spent here in these centers was not someone’s ideal type of living, but they’d be here until World War II was over. After Pearl Harbor Japanese Americans were taken from their house, but were able to pack a few things to bring, and were brought to Relocation Centers. When they arrived, they were…

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    World War II, more than 100,000 Japanese Americans citizens were held in horrible conditions in Internment Camps. In 1945, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and soon after, the United States went into war against Japan and other countries. The United States citizens and Government were concerned about Japan spies and sabotage, and in result the government decided to take precautions against all people of Japanese descent. Before the United States declared war, Japanese Immigrants came to the US in…

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    In the article "Japanese-American Internment [ushistory.org]." 2008. 26 Apr. 2016 it informs us of the mistreatment of Japanese-American people during World War 2. The author of this article develops the thesis with facts and background information that are supported with the details. The purpose of this article is to explain to readers of the hardships and the unjust way the Japanese people had to live for years. The article uses a formal tone to an audience of Americans that yet haven't…

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    This document will present the changes of Australia during and after WW2. I will explore the changes made to technology for example: penicillin, penicillin was used to treat all sorts of infections. Changes to social living for example: after the war, there was an immigration program where they let immigrants in because of all the low population. Changes to political standards including: women being able to work jobs only men could work, because of all the men going overseas to fight the…

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