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Pearl Harbor
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Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066
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Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing authorities from the military to exclude anyone without any hearings or trials. -
Public Proclamation #1 issued
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Relocation centers added to various states in America
California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas all had relocation centers built.
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Japanese surrender
Japanese surrender after an atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Ending of Tule lake
On March 20, 1946 the concentration camp Tule Lake closed down for good.
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President Truman signs Japanese American Evacuation Claims act
Truman signs Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act, over 28 million dollars planned to be paid out
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Resolutions
Resolution announced calling for reparations for WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans.
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Civil Liberties Act of 1988 signed by Ronald Reagan
Ronald Regan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 to make sure that the Japanese or any other culture never had to live in relocation camps again. (In the U.S.)
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