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Japanese Internment Camps

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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ISSEI VS. NISEI

  • Issei = 1st generation immigrant
  • Nisei = 2nd generation immigrant
  • There's also another term, Sansei,which is a 3rd generation immigrant.
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  • There were 10 camps.
  • The one closest to Aurora was in Colorado and was called Granada.
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HOW LONG DID THEY LIVE IN CAMPS?

  • The Japanese were held in these camps from 1942-1945
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CAMP LIFE

  • Housing: families had to live in barracks. They'd all have to stay in 1 room cells. The camps were guarded by US military personnel and had a barbed wire perimeter.
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CAMP LIFE CONT.

  • Food: internees got 3 small meals a day.
  • Meals were served in mess halls where bells would ring to signify mealtime.
  • They got potatoes and bread daily. No milk for people over 5 years old.
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CAMP LIFE CONT.

  • Work/Daily Activites
  • The camps had school, medical care, newspapers, and sometimes musical entertainment.
7.

ASSEMBLY CENTERS

  • First stop for most internees.
  • They remained there until the War Relocation Camps were ready.
  • Many people stayed in these centers for months
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CONCENTRATION Camps

  • The final destination for many internees.
  • This is where they spent most of their time.
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JUSTICE INTERNMENT CAMPS

  • Run by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and guarded by border control instead of military police.
  • These camps held German and Italian immigrants, too.
10.

HOW MANY?

  • There were approximately 120,000 people sent to the 10 camps across the country
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HARDSHIPS

  • People lost personal items since they were limited on how much they could bring
  • Many people died from lack of medical care and high physical and emotional stress.
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COURT CASES

  • Yasui vs. U.S. and Hirabayashi vs. U.S.
  • The court held up the constitutionality of curfews based on Japanese ancestry.
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KOREMATSU VS U.S.

  • The court held up the constitutionality of the exclusion order
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DID WE APOLOGIZE?

  • Yes.
  • In 1988, congress tried to apologize by giving each surviving intern $20,000. The descendants got compensation.

Alyssa Caretti