JAPANESE INTERNMENT

JAPANESE INTERNMENT STARTS

• Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S sends Japanese to interment camps
• Internment camps were located in Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and Utah
• Over 110,000 Japanese Americans went to internment camps

REMOVAL OF THE JAPANESE

• 2/3 of the Japanese were American citizens
• First they were moved to one of the 17 temporary " Civilian Assembly Centers "
• They waited to transfer to the permanent relocation centers that were being built

HOUSE AND WORKING CONDITIONS

• The Japanese were housed in barracks sometimes entire family's in one room
• The internment camps were guarded by bar wire and the u.s. Army

FOOD IN THE INTERNMENT CAMPS

• The Japanese were fed 3 times a day
• The food portions were small and dull
• Most meals were potatoes and bread
• Only kids could drink milk
• The Japanese could only eat meat on the 12th day of the month

WORK AND DAILY ACTIVITIES

• The Americans tried to copy the Japanese ways of life
• Interns were payed by the government to do work in camps
• 13+16 to 19 dollars depending on a amount of work done
• Japanese were aloud to bring few stuff from home

EDUCATION IN THE CAMPS

• In the camps there were 30,000 kids and they all needed a education
• The schools were crowded and, with not enough materials to support the kids
• The teacher student ratio was 48:1

CONDITIONS IN CAMP

• The camps had unpartitioned toilets the beds were small and 45 cents per capita for food
• When it was 0 degrees outside they had nothing but there normal clothes
• The guards shot anyone who tried to escape the camps
• The Japanese also had a curfew

INTERNMENT ENDS

• On January 2, 1955 the exclusion was finalized ending internment
• The internees left and were given $25 and trains tickets for the ride home
• Some camps were open were still opened 1 year later