JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

• This is an internment camp in California.

When were they built?

Most camps were built after
the attack on Pearl Harbor.

WHY WERE THEY IMPORTANT?

• Sore spot on americas history
• Shows segregation among U.S. Citizens
• Most were citizens

DID THEY THEY EVER LEAVE?

• First one closed in 1944
• Last one to close was in 1945

WHAT DID THEY DO THERE?

• Worked
• Subsistence farmed
• Took care of children

FACT
congress paid every surviving member of the camps 20,000 dollars.

DO YOU RECOMMEND VISITING ONE?
I wouldn't personally but if you are interested go for it.