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    The second way the Japanese were treated unfairly because of their nationality was they had psychological trauma from being in the camps. To start things off, the first way that the Japanese had psychological trauma is there was an increase in heart disease and Japanese committing suicide, the numbers got bigger as the generations go on. This shows Japanese had psychotic trauma because they had suicidal thoughts. Next, the second way that the Japanese had psychological trauma is that the trauma that

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    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

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    Japanese Internment Camp

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    Photograph #1 shows a large group of Japanese Americans lining up behind a table, for what appears to be their registration into a Japanese internment camp. Within the group, you can see looks of confusion and distress on most of the adult faces, as well as looks of confusion and crying from the children. Many of the Japanese Americans are carrying few belongings other than the man to the left with one bag in his hand, and the woman in front of him who has an item in her hands; it is implied that

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    Essay on Japanese American Internment Camps

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    Was the internment of Japanese Americans a compulsory act of justice or was it an unwarranted, redundant act of tyranny which breached upon the rights of Japanese Americans? During World War II thousands of Japanese Americans were told by government officials that they had twenty-four hours to pack their things, get rid of any belongings of theirs, and to sell their businesses away for less than retail value. Although many people thought the Japanese American internment was needed to ensure U.S.

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    understand how the ‘Japanese-American Internment’ affected many of the Japanese-American and how unfair that “law” had become. This meaning that I am against the Japanese-American Internment. In the first place, there was no evidence to support all the accusations Americans had against Japanese-American. In the Article “The Japanese-American Internment”, paragraph 8 it states: “ Henry Steele Commager, comments, ‘It is sobering to recall that the record does not hold a single case of Japanese disloyalty or

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    Unjustified or Justified Did you know that japanese american citizens was one time put into internment.The year is 1930 during WW2 and japan attacked Pearl Harbor.Justified means right and internment was jail like camps and high handed means an action done without the consideration of others feelings.If the japanese were put into internment then it was justified because Only japanese americans were high handed by U.S Gov. , Out of all the dangers in the east only japanese americans were acted upon,There 300

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    In 1941, the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor, which made many Americans dislike Japan and the people that are from Japan. Also, President Roosevelt created the Executive Order 9066. The Executive Order stated that all people of Japanese ancestry would be relocated to internment camps, but there weren’t that many that got interned in Hawaii. From 1942-1945, there were about 120,000 “aliens” of Japanese descent that had to live in these internment camps. The government tried to portray life

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    Japanese Internment Everyone knows about Hitler and the Nazis, how they have done very bad things to the world. However, even though the Nazis were the worst of the worst, that does not mean that the United States were perfect either. During World War II, the Axis was formed, which consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Japan saw Pearl Harbor as a Naval threat, and on December 7, 1941, Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor, destroying a good part of the United States Navy. The United States joined

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    The internment of Japanese Americans was not justified because it was pushing the rights of the U.S. Constitution and was seen as racist. Frank Murphy, an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a governor in Michigan, and a U.S. attorney general, believes that it goes against the Constitution to contain all of the Japanese Americans. This act would take over the constitutional rights of all the Japanese being put in internment camps. By putting the Japanese Americans in internment camps it takes

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    The Internment of Japanese and Italian Canadians Canada is presently known for welcoming many racial groups into the country. However, the Canadian government is not always giving out warm welcomes to different ethnicities. During World War Two, the country rejects many Japanese and Italians who are already Canadian. The treatment of the Japanese and Italians in the Second World War is very unjust. The two groups face being put into internment camps against their own will, the government separates

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