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Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II because after the bombing at Pearl Harbor in 1941, the majority of Americans used their fear of another Japanese attack to display an extreme level of prejudice. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed and issued Executive Order 9066. This order called for the clearing and deportation of all Japanese Americans from military areas. According to Black, it was the Japanese citizens’ responsibility to follow the exclusion…

Long/Mr. Young 2nd/3rd Hour Japanese American Internment In 1941, the Japanese flew into the huge U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor and bombed it. The attack killed hundreds of Americans and destroyed several warships. After the attack, the U.S. declared war on Japan and joined the Allied forces in World War II ( The government then took all the Japanese Americans and sent all of them to internment camps. This essay answers the question if the internment of the Japanese Americans was justified. The…

February 19, 1942 early World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor president Franklin D. Roosevelt was looking for a way to address the nation's fear with Japanese attacks. Roosevelt came up with the Executive Order 9066 which authorized the relocation of anyone with Japanese ancestry or who descend from Japan. About 120,000 Japanese people were put in one of the ten internment camps that were located in California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas. The ten…

During World War II, many Japanese-Canadians were sent to internment camps. They were imprisoned, forced to work, and left to die with little to no food and exposed to fatal diseases. The Japanese became isolated among themselves and ripped from their homes in Canada. In the novel, Obasan, Joy Kogawa tells the story of Megumi Naomi Nakane and her family, Japanese-Canadians, experiencing exile that is both alienating and enriching. These experiences illuminate one of the many themes of the novel,…

At that time, the bombing of Pearl Harbor caused many Americans to feel distrust and suspicion towards Japanese immigrants, leading to the creation of internment camps, where anybody of Japanese heritage was sent to. They were forced to live in cramped bunkers and harsh weather for three years. Jeanne would eventually leave Manzanar and live among a society that outcasted the Japanese. She went back to school, facing many problems along the way. Her father couldn’t find any success in work and…

Paper Assignment Mary was a 17-year old Japanese-American girl living in the United States with her family. She was born and raised in America and had her citizenship, but her parents did not. For all she knew all her life she thought she was just like every other Caucasian American that lived in that same country. She went to an American school, spoke fluent English, had American friends, had her citizenship and everything else that you would think she needed in order to be considered an…

This week, as we left class, Angylyne and I discussed the documentary, Precious Knowledge, all the way to the Armitage el stop where we parted ways. It was hard to believe that the education board of Arizona had such a problem with the Latin Studies Program. In high school, I took both AP US History and AP European History. In both of these courses, we learned about radical thinkers and doers and people who decided to revolt against the status quo. Both of these courses are fine for students to…

years of its signing, except the Alien Enemies Act, which remained in effect, and in 1918 was amended to include WOMEN!! They were thought to be a threat, as was any other war protestor. The Japanese Internment Camps of the 1940s brought the acts to the forefront again, as they do every so often when all Japanese Americans...yes Americans, were thought to be a threat to the war effort, and were interred in camps in the western U.S. Fast forward to the upcoming 2016 election. In an effort to…

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…

I came back from Japan, I started to learn Japanese, and study Japanese culture. There are lots of things included in culture. There are languages, cuisines, music, art, even some small detail that every Japanese do, for example, the way Japanese greet each other. However, I would say, among those culture, Japanese animations is the one which attract teenagers the most. Young adults around the world are fascinated in the animations. I am the Japanese club leader in the school, in our club,…