Japanese American Detainment Camps

They moved the Japanese-Americans for a reason. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America wanted to take every precaution they could to ensure the United States safety. In doing so, the army and government took the precaution to create the internment of Japanese-Americans. They moved them to camps that they would keep them in and provide decent living conditions. The United States was justified in moving the Japanese Americans because some lived near vital naval bases that they could have infiltrated, there was no problem in doing so, and it would protect all citizens of America.

In many times throughout history groups of people have been discriminated against based on race or religion. These people receive inferior rights because of the discrimination. In some cases they do not get citizenship, in others they are segregated from others, and physically harmed. Two groups of people that faced discrimination near World War II (WWII) were the Jewish people and Japanese Americans. Both groups faced very different types of discrimination by different oppressors with different motives yet their treatment was very similar and many events paralleled each other. The treatment of Japanese in WWII internment camps was as harsh as the Holocaust's treatment of the Jewish people.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, many people were dubious towards many Japanese-Americans and believed they were working with Japan. With this, on February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066, moving several Japanese-Americans into concentration camps, calling it a “military necessity” (Ewers 1). When this happened, many Japanese-Americans lost everything they had owned such as houses, farms, and their rights as American citizens.

When the Japanese Americans migrated to the United States they were not welcomed with open arms. The Japanese Americans faced many hardships. The biggest hardships they faced were their treatment by the American people as well as by the American government after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and placed in internment camps for years with little to no explanation as to why. According to the United States government the Japanese Americans placement in internment camps “were justified on national security grounds” (Brooks), but the truth is Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps because of fear and racial prejudice. This event in history is important because it

The United States was scared of Japanese Americans, the U.S. thought that they might have connections to the enemy.

(December 7, 1941), Japan launched a surprise attack on America in doing so, they forced The United States to act in World War II, in which they were previously trying to avoid. President Roosevelt then signed off on Executive Order 9066 which caused all Japanese Americans not in the military to move to internment camps.

The Japanese were targeted after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941. A day after the Pearl Harbor attack, Japanese men were arrested solely based of their outside appearance. They were accused of being spies for Japan and the Americans were scared. They believed that all the Japanese sabotaging America. President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, forcing all Japanese-americans to leave their homes. About 120,000 Japanese, some even american, were forced to leave their homes, jobs, schools,

The attack on Pearl Harbor is a day that neither Americans nor Japanese Americans will ever forget. Hours after the attack, FBI Agents were sent into Japanese American homes to search for anything that could have aided the Japanese in attacking Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. Soon after, the Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps, the two most prominent camps being in Rohwer and Jerome, Arkansas. Through the years of the Japanese Internment in America, the Japanese Americans need to help their children through their mantra, the desire to show that they were Americans by signing up for World War II, and the bond that the citizens of the camp formed while running the camps kept the morale alive and showed that these people were prepared

At the time of the attacks on pearl harbor, the president of the united states was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He passed the executive order 9066 in February of 1942. This called for the internment of Japanese-american's in Hawaii and the west coast. Moving over 110,000 of them to 10 internment camps in Northern California. President Roosevelt was unjustified by sending Japanese-american's to the camps just based on their race.

During WW2 many efforts were performed to make the Japanese-American internees and American POWs in Japan feel invisible. There was more than 140,000 prisoners of war, and about 120,000 Japanese that were put in internment camps, during WW2. Although, they were made to feel invisible, each group found a way to resist the efforts. The POW’s were made to feel invisible by they had no contact home,they were made to feel that they lost their dignity,and they were beaten and starved. The Japanese put in internment camps were innocent people that were made to feel invisible by they had to leave their houses,other belongings, and they were disconnected from the outside world.

Japanese-American’s before World War II were treated not good but not bad in the United States, even at the start of the war they were still treated the same. It wasn’t until the Japanese’s attack on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor that everything changed for them. They were looked down on and that they were un-American to most Americans at the time and were treated very poorly. They were forced to live in a interment camp throughout the duration of the war and work there. No one really cared that they were being brought to camps to live except for some people that would eventually help them while their time in the camp and donate to them. The American government actions after this event changed every Japanese-Americans life forever.

Secondly, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was impact on Japanese American in the U.S. It was two months later, after bombing Pearl Harbor on December, 7 1941 Japanese-American were immediately became victim of what the Japanese did. As a result, of the President Franklin Roosevelt's "signed Exclusive order 9066" that allowed military force to removed Japanese American form the anywhere into internment camps( Uchida 407). The reason why the U.S. government relocated Japanese-American into internment camps because the U.S. concerns over the loyalty of Japanese American associated with Japanese to defeat the U.S. However, no anyone found evident to prove about the U.S. concerns. In addition, Japanese American that moved to camps, they lost everything

Between 1942 and 1945, thousands of Japanese Americans, regardless of United States citizenship status, received orders to evacuate their homes and businesses. Sparked by rising fear amongst the American people after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a Naval base in Hawaii, the U.S. government relocated Japanese Americans to remote areas on the West Coast and in the south, isolating them in internment camps. With no actual evidence supporting the creation of internment camps, the U.S. interned Japanese Americans because of Japanese involvement in Pearl Harbor resulting in a rise of anti-Japanese paranoia sparked by the economic success of Japanese Americans, increased fear and prejudice within the United States government and amongst citizens,

Many Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and taken to internment camps. Each person found threatening was given forty eight hours to take care of their business, gather the few things they could take with them, and remove themselves from their homes.

The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was unexpected. The United States suffered heavy losses in the war. This unintended war finally caused American fought back towards Japan. Many Japanese-Americans were being held in detention in a state of intense military preparedness. They were suspected of passing information to the Japanese army or threatening American national security. Many of them were sent to concentration camps without trial or conviction. This measure was disrespectful to Japanese-American human rights.