Japanese American Internment Dbq

The American government evacuated approximately 120,000 Japanese Nationals, American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II, and placed them in internment camps at the beginning of World War II. Japanese Americans were forced from their homes and businesses, forced into relocation camps in the deserts of California, Arizona, into the mountains of Idaho, and small towns in the southern United States. These were Japanese American people of unquestionable loyalty to the United States. These were citizens denied the rights of normal citizens under the United States Constitution. Americans who had volunteered to fight in the war for the United States, and against the Japan. They wanted to fight for the United

The internment of Kabuo, Hatsue and the rest of their family are mainly because the U.S governments are being racist toward Japanese. They government did not trust the Japanese because they feared that among them were spies, even thou they swore to be loyalty to the U.S. Some of them even stand up to fight for the U.S against their home country to demonstrated their loyalty, because they believed that they are America and no longer consider as Japanese. But the U.S took no consideration on whether they are loyal or not and placed them into internment camp for safety purpose. I believed that it’s not necessary to have internment camps, it is basically useless and a waste of money and time, because if the Japanese were to have spies, they wouldn’t be that

Imagine being locked up in an internment camp for doing nothing. You and your family are forced to move out of your home and move into an internment camp. That is exactly what happened to Japanese-Americans during World War ll. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which gave military authorities the rights to put Japanese-Americans into internment camps. There have been multiple reasons why America put Japanese-Americans into internment camps. To this day people still ask why the U.S. put Japanese-Americans into internment camps and if putting them into internment camps was the right thing to do. Japanese-Americans shouldn’t have been put into internment camps because they were just innocent people. There is no reason for putting these innocent people into internment camps.

Since it was easy for the government to tell who was Japanese, they found them as an easy target because they would be easily found within a crowd for them and get rid of what they called “a threat.” According to The Munson Report, “Privately, They believe that only 50 or 60 in each district can be classified as really dangerous. The Japanese are hampered a saboteurs because they're easily recognized physical appearance.” This quote is saying that the color of their skin and how they looked linked them to Japan and that is the only reason why people thought they were a threat. If there was a real reason behind the internment camps, besides race, the Italian-Americans and German-Americans would also have been put into internment camps as

“In each Naval District there are about 250 to 300 suspects under surveillance” (Munson 2). There are a lot of Japanese Americans that are suspected to espionage. If the Japanese Americans even say something as simple as a mere speech in favor of Japan can put them on the list. The government is worried that if there are enough pro-Japan Japanese Americans another attack could be illustrated. “Emperor-worshipping ceremonies were commonly held and millions of dollars had flowed into the Japanese imperial war chest from the contributions freely made by Japanese here.”(DeWitt 1). There were many Japanese American that provided Japan with money during the war. This could also mean there are Japanese “terrorists” that will attack if ordered to. It was very hard to contain the rebel Japanese Americans since there were so many. That is why they rounded all of them up just to be careful. There were so many pro-Japan Japanese Americans and very hard to contain that it was justified that the United States placed Japanese Americans in internment

After the bomb of pearl harbor anyone that was Japanese-American was put into an internment camp, Why? Because our government thought that anyone that was Japanese was selling secrets to our enemy also known as Japan. Many people died inside of these internment camps, most of the people in the internment camps were innocent. Imagine living your life then it is disrupted because one person living in america that was japanese was giving away secrets about your country.

Was the Japanese internment necessary? This question is seldom asked because, from today’s perspective, this act seems cruel and discriminatory. America didn’t mindlessly incarcerate Japanese in Internment camps since one has to remember the context of this time. There was the possibility of spies like the ones that gave away the location of our ships in Hawaii and a general fear of saboteurs which caused the Japanese internment to be necessary for our safety and eventually theirs if our citizens got to the point of lashing out against the Japanese.

Americans were afraid that Japanese would sabotage the U.S in any way. Like if Japanese were in society it could be easier to sabotage the U.S. So they decided that it was safer to put Japanese in camps and try to avoid attacks (Japanese Relocation Video). Americans were also afraid that Japanese would attack by espionage, and be able to get the U.S easier than with bombs (Japanese Relocation Video). “ I recommended to the War Department that the military security of the Pacific Coast required the establishment of broad civil control, anti-sabotage and counter-espionage measures” (L.T DeWitt 1). The meaning of this quote was to state that the military had to make sure that there were no anti-sabotage or counter-espionage, so it was just easier to put the Japanese in camps. It was to hard to make sure that there were no possible Axis agents since there were ⅓ “alien” and ⅔

They also became a lot more aware and frightened about the Japanese, thinking they were capable of anything. The fear of the war was twisting their minds around and making them fear any possible or impossible reasons for Japanese to attack. “The broad historical causes which shaped these decisions were race prejudice, war hysteria and a failure of political leadership”(Personal Justice Denied 5). The first reason this states was what was mentioned before, so that won’t be discussed. However, the other two reasons are so huge, and since this article was written after the war, people know that the government made the wrong decision. The war, and more specifically, the Japanese were messing with the government's heads, in effect having the US make completely racial movements. This reason, and the one before, go hand in hand, by the way. “Executive Order 9066 was not justified by military necessity, and the decisions which followed from it...were not driven by analysis of military conditions”(Personal Justice Denied 5). The internment of the Japanese was not the correct step to take, especially from a military point of view. The internment of Japanese-Americans was very

During World War II, the 1942 attack by Japan on US base, Pearl Harbor, resulted in the Executive Order 9066. In result of the order the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) evacuated Japanese residents to designated relocation camps governed by the War Relocation Authority (WRA). Many Japanese residents sacrificed they possessions, careers, and even their health to remain as law-abiding citizens even under the questioning of their loyalty. Japanese Americans were considered as threats to national security and became subject to racism and prejudice by the government. Japanese Americans who were moribund or critically ill were allowed to stay in the excluded areas, but even the crippled were forced into the camps. (Jensen, Gwenn M.) Because

Mark Twain indicated that numerous instances within history demonstrate comparable conditions and consequences. More specifically, Twain stated that “history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Occurrences, cultural values, or challenges emerge within another period with contrasting characteristics. These conditions contain similarities within various periods, which involve the Industrial Revolution, the early twentieth century, or the Second World War. Individuals within Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience and the Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Themselves encountered comparable circumstances. Although their narratives originate from two particular periods, these individuals encountered

In the history of Japanese migration to the US, there are two distinct stages. The first was the migration to the US allied Kingdom of Hawaii. There the Japanese faced discriminations similar to what was experienced by the Freemen of the South. The second stage of the Japanese migration was into Mainland USA, the Japanese experienced many of the same oppressions other non-white European groups, however, Japanese managed to overcome them and rapidly gain more rights than their counterparts. However, their success contributed to their internment during WWII. During the journey, leading up to the Japanese American social status experienced today, they endured discrimination based on their race, ethnicity, and gender. Some were specifically targeting

While Japanese internment may have isolated a small amount of Japanese spies, it was unjustified considering that the majority of people interned where innocent. According to government officials at the time, Japanese American citizens posed no threat to the West coast. Curtis B Munson said in the Muson Report that, “There is no Japanese ‘problem’

In the February of 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbour, merely a few months earlier, President Roosevelt, signed Executive Order 9066. This was an order that would change the lives of thousands of people for many years to come. The order gave the US military full authority to exclude “any or all citizens” from certain areas. Although it gave no specific mention of any race or ethnicity, it was clear that Executive Order 9066, was aimed and applied to those of Japanese descent. More than 120,000 people were interned as a result, simply because their ancestry made them suspects of espionage and sabotage. These views, however, are based on no evidence whatsoever and are the product of “race prejudice and war hysteria.” No threats to national security can validate the trauma and racism that thousands of innocent people experienced during the years of World War 2.

“My priority was to try to show the American people that we are just as loyal as anybody else. We need to prove our loyalty because the reason why we're in camp is because the American public says that we are enemy aliens. Were loyalty to Japan and so forth. And that perceptions got to be changed.” - Susumu Satow. This statement is very powerful stating we need to show the American people we are not your enemies but your friends. Do not be scared of us just because we are Japanese. Prejudice played a large role in the Japanese-American relocation because of the 1894 treaty, conflict over China, and the Russian-Japanese War. The Japanese were never awarded for their bravery going into those internment camps. They were spit on and called names. Imagine being in that situation of hatred.