The fact that the Japanese people had all rights taken from them and still wanted to fight for our country their country speaks volumes. Protecting the country is a must and is understandable, but betraying a whole race that have created a home, because of fear, is not.

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At Manzanar, California, tensions resulted in the beating of a Japanese American Citizens League member by six masked men. During this time, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Americans were on constant alert for all that looked like Japanese. No innocent person should have to suffer or be discriminated because of other peoples actions, after all most America is the country that should except diversity and rights of ALL people.

We responded to this by placing the Japanese-Americans in internment camps because the U.S. was scared of what they might do. Double hit on Germany.

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To be fair, the Jewish were murdered in mass numbers while the Japanese-Americans only lost their homes.

They feared thema nd put them away, stripped of there civil rights.

They were forced out of their homes and put into camps.Being constantly watched like prisoners they were forced to stay. Families who were born in America and were full citizens with all inalienable rights, were taken from their homes and forced to live in prison camps. APUSH Wednesday, March 11, 2015. They came to the idea of put them all in prison because of the fear of having such act committed against the US again. Americans thought it was okay to punish Japanese-Americans by putting them in prison camps after, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The food was mass produced army-style grub. But cultivation on arid soil was quite a challenge.

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That is understandable.

This new life and safe haven for Japanese immigrants quickly became hostile when discrimination began. 35. Japanese-American Internment Analysis When Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942,1 thousands of Japanese-American families were relocated to internment camps in an attempt to suppress supposed espionage and sabotage attempts on the part of the Japanese government. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the American reaction was understandable, fear the unknown. Hitler threw all of his forces against the thinly held American lines on December 16, 1944. The Japanese internment camps weren't justified morally one bit; they're main purpose was to single out possible "terrorists". refers to the tactic of the US forces in WWII that involved sinking Japanese troopships and warships bringing reinforcements, thereby neutralizing Japanese strongholds and moving on, leaving them to die on the vine. millions of black tenant farmers and sharecroppers headed north because their cheap labor was no longer needed and replaced by this invention, Navajo radio operators who helped secure communications in the Pacific. The War Production Board halted the manufacture of nonessential items such as passenger cars. Though, the vast majority of American workers were committed to the war effort.

In 1942, a sharp inflationary surge occurred as a result of full employment and scarce consumer goods. The 275,000 Japanese immigrants that moved to Hawaii by 1940 boosted the economy greatly by planting and cultivating fruits, vegetables, and sugar cane.

1 0 obj Executive Order 9066 affected the lives about 117,000 people—the majority of whom were American citizens. Lastly, interment camps made the U.S. look hypocritical because the constitution heavily highlights freedom which was taken from the Japanese.

From Wrong To Right: A U.S. Apology For Japanese Internment : Code Switch More than 100,000 people of Japanese descent were put in camps during World War II. greeneb201. The goverment had to take strict and important decisions to avoid any means of war, taking the action of isolating Americans was not a solution and should have not even been considered. The bombing hastened the end of World War II. Two years later, the Supreme Court made the decision, but gave Roosevelt the chance to begin camp closures before the announcement. Recreational activities were organized to pass the time. 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into these camps because the US feared that they might act as saboteurs for Japan in case of invasion. Every man is created equal and that should never change they were treated like they weren't people anymore, you would think after dealing with this in our country for years we would learn what not to do. Jobs ranged from doctors to teachers to laborers and mechanics. But that doesn't justify how Japanese Americans were treated.

His original plan included Italians and Germans, though the idea of rounding-up Americans of European descent was not as popular. If I woke up tomorrow morning Friday the 20th 2015 to my mother crying packing our bags I would have no love left in my body for our country! J. Burton, M. Farrell, F. Lord and R. Lord. Flashcards. These centers were located in remote areas, often reconfigured fairgrounds and racetracks featuring buildings not meant for human habitation, like horse stalls or cow sheds, that had been converted for that purpose. largest naval battle of World War II; Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) mobilized nearly all of its remaining major naval vessels in an attempt to defeat the Allied invasion, but failed to achieve its objective, suffered very heavy losses, and never afterwards sailed to battle in comparable force; first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks - October 23-26, 1944. a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders. Japanese Internment 1848 Words | 8 Pages. With the creation of California’s Fred Korematsu Day, the U.S. saw its first U.S. holiday named for an Asian American. Individuals that were persecuted and were still willing to fight to the nation that they were persecuted by are true examples of what Americans could truly be like if we all were willing to put aside our differences and fight for the common good of all. I understand that American was scared and blames Japanese for all the action, but this was overboard they were breaking up familes making them all move away from each other. Its ignorant to put our own citizens and people in internment camps.

In 1943, a riot broke out at Tule Lake following an accidental death.

Japanese-Americans were stripped of their natural rights, and removed from their homes because they were "suspicious".

City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. STUDY. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor America was on edge. In the video he talks about the things that the Japanese went to in these camps, I think that it is terrible to put children to prison like environments. Anyone who was at least 1/16th Japanese was evacuated, including 17,000 children under 10, as well as several thousand elderly and handicapped.

To some, it may have looked like a run-of-the-mill governmental ceremony with the usual federal fanfare.

Allies crossed the English Channel and landed in Normandy, France. Military zones were created in California, Washington and Oregon—states with a large population of Japanese Americans—and Roosevelt’s executive order commanded the relocation of Americans of Japanese ancestry.

Many Japanese families rights were thrown out the window because of the fear of even more attacks on America, even though they were American citizens. The claim that the internment of Japanese-Americans was justified by security concerns had never been based on serious threats. Lastly, I would say that this ordeal was hypocritical, because the US wanted to end war, yet this caused more conflict or corruption within the nation, not only did it go against the Constitution, but also went against many religious morals and Americans always want to bring up the Holocaust effects, yet we are torturing or captivating people in a similar essence. It assigned priorities for transportation and access to raw materials.

When viewing the site and video listed, you could tell that the Japanese-Americans felt upset that the US, or their new home, would do such a thing to them. Japanese Internment in World War II ... Japanese Internment violated civil liberties, forcing relocation and incarceration on the Japanese Americans. The plan for the invasion of North Africa was to trap the Axis troops led by Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) between British and U.S. forces.

Japanese Americans reported to centers near their homes. Of course no one knew about Germany's death camps until after the Axis powers were defeated. And even though America did all these terrible things, Japanese Americans still fought hard for us. In Endo v. the United States, it was ruled that the War Relocation Authority “has no authority to subject citizens who are concededly loyal to its leave procedure.”. rose from $49 billion in 1941 to $259 billion in 1945. The camps were often too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer. But, one can't help but to compare the concentration and internment camps to one another. commander of the US forces in the Philippine Islands who directed the Allied occupation of Japan.. held out against the invading Japanese force for 5 months. They issued an ultimatum to Japan: surrender or be destroyed. An elderly man attempted to flee and was shot and killed. However, this was a direct violation of the exact principles the United States was founded upon. I believe that this decision was not correctly made.