JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS

BACKGROUND

• December 7, 1941, Japan attacks American naval base at Pearl Harbor
• December 8, 1941, USA declares war on Japan
• December-January 1941-1942. American soldiers raid Japanese homes
• February 14, 1942, Roosevelt orders all Japanese to be removed from Pacific Coast

What happened?

• American millitary leaders felt Japanese were a threat
• All Japanese were ordered off Pacific Naval Coast areas
• Japanese were imprisoned, not killed
• Japanese were denied freedom
• All Japanese were not allowed to immigrate into the USA

What was the impact?

• Japanese were denied common rights
• People of Japanese descent felt restricted and un-American
• Americans needed to pay Japanese victims
• Horrible memories were left with the Japanese
• Japanese felt as if they were not considered people

HOW HAVE THINGS IMPROVED?

• Japanese are allowed to immigrate here
• The US navy no longer thinks of Japanese as a threat
• Japanese are granted all rights such as voting
• The war ended meaning peace between countries
• Americans gained a respect for Japanese descendants

HOW CAN WE PREVENT EVENTS LIKE THIS?

• Understand that everyone deserves to be a citizen
• People deserve second chances
• Realize humans are equal
• We can't assume things from a race
• Think about being in other people's shoes

Sources

Moody Jr, Sidney C. War Against Japan. Associated Press


History.com 2009. A+E networks March 17, 2014.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/hirohito

Sources 2

Pbs.org 1999. PBS broadcasting March 18, 2014.
http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/documentary/filmmakers.html#Anchor-WEB




Foreman, Meghan "The reality of Japanese Internment Camp Conditions."
Approaches to history 2004

Sources 3

Stephen, Heather "Japanese American Internment camps in North America" 2007