Nisei

Japanese Americans had to leave the zone by direct and indirect force, and the government passed the law which gave the military authority to move Nisei and Issei (34). Along with that, the Executive Order 9012, passed in March, created the War Relocation Authority (WRA) (35). The WRA’s job was to take charge of the internees after they were moved to the camps (35). The Japanese American Citizen League

The United States is known to acquire more opportunities and to allow people around the world to make a better living for themselves and their family. As many migrated over to the U.S., immigrants found themselves going through economic hard times. The most dramatic turn of the century was during the 1920s with the emergence of second generation Asian Americans. Although some Asian Americans were born in their homeland, coming to the U.S. at the age of six still classified them as Asian Americans

discrimination in seeking profitable livelihood. These early Japanese immigrants, (Issei – first-generation) settled and assimilated into the American culture owning and operating businesses, primarily on the west coast, and farming land. Their children, (Nisei – second-generation Japanese Americans) citizens by birth, became educated in public schools, achieving adulthood by the time President

almost 40 years earlier. This act provided a payment of $20,000 to anyone who was placed in a camp by the United States government during World War II. By creating this act, the government hoped to heal over any grudges held against them. Since all the Nisei and Issei were stripped of their belongings before being placed in internment camps, this act also acted as a formal apology for all the suffering and loss that they were put through (Starks). In a speech he also made, he hoped to ensure that the internment

have been other routes of option that Roosevelt could have taken. This leads us to our story about Kazuko Monica Itoi, or Monica Sone. Monica was born in Seattle and is a Nisei, “As a Nisei, she had a position intermediate between her immigrant parents and Seattle’s native-born white majority” (Dublin 184). In other words, a Nisei is a native born person from an immigrant of Japan. Monica and her first-generation parents, which are referred to as Issei, went through harsh conditions. They were forced

of war, set areas as military zones for the Japanese Americans. The order uprooted thousands of Japanese-Americans from their homes citizens or noncitizens and sent them to secure locations throughout the United States. Mitsuye Endo was one of the niseis who was forced to move to a relocation camp. She was confused because she wasn't the one who bombed Pearl Harbor nor commit any crimes. Mitsuye then hired a lawyer to represent her legal protest against her illegal relocation. Two years later the

What I think about the United States gathering up Japanese Americans was a good thing because it was the safety of American citizens. They had to think fast since it was out-of-nowhere when the attack on Pearl Harbor happened to everyone. The United States didn’t know what to do with the Japanese Americans that was living in America, so they had to put them in internment camps for their and our safety. During the war, the US gathered the Japanese Americans to assure them, we would keep them safe;

until tensions in the Pacific between American and Japanese militia forces festered into explosive actions (NPR). As a result, America found itself deeply rooted in World War II, not too long after the end of the first World War. During this time, the Nisei, the first-generation Japanese American citizens, were incredulously bombarded with slurs and sentiments of anti-Japanese; the attack on Pearl Harbor was deeply rooted in American minds, which grotesquely changed perception of those of Japanese descent

December 7th, 1941 was a day when tragedy struck. Forever known as the bombing of Pearl Harbor, The Hawaiian Naval Base was attacked by a fleet of Japanese bombers while the surprised members of the base scrambled trying to fight back. This is widely suggested to be the beginning of the resentment and fear of the Japanese population. World War II was in full swing and the internment of Japanese-American citizens began. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the president at the time, did not know how to approach

backs to their Japanese-American friends. There was a sudden prejudice and fear of these people, who in fact posed a minimal threat. According to Holt McDougal’s The Americans, “about two thirds were Nisei, or Japanese people born in this country of parents who emigrated from Japan” (McDougal). Nisei had American nationalities, many had never stepped foot on Japanese soil, but the American people believed that these true Americans were loyal to a nation they had never even laid eyes on, purely because