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Japanese Internment of World War II

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  • Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
    Classroom Resources

  • The United States declares war on Japan

    The United States declares war on Japan
    US enters World War II

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066

  • The War Relocation Authority is created

    The War Relocation Authority is created
    Ansel Adams Captures Life on a Japanese Internment Camp

  • Exclusion Order No. 34346 confines people of Japanese descent to Relocation Centers

    Exclusion Order No. 34346 confines people of Japanese descent to Relocation Centers

  • Korematsu v. United States judges internment constitutional

    Korematsu v. United States judges internment constitutional

  • Ex parte Endo rules that loyal citizens may not be detained

    Ex parte Endo rules that loyal citizens may not be detained

  • Exclusion Order No. 346 is rescinded

    Exclusion Order No. 346 is rescinded

  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders

  • President Gerald Ford rescinds Executive Order 9066

    President Gerald Ford rescinds Executive Order 9066

  • Jimmy Carter creates the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (passed House 7/21/1980)

    Jimmy Carter creates the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (passed House 7/21/1980)
    Establishes the Commission to: (1) review the facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation and internment of thousands of American civilians during World War II under E.O. 9066 and the impact of that Order on American citizens and resident aliens; (2) review directives of US military forces requiring the relocation and internment of American citizens, including Aleut civilians and permanent resident aliens of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands; and (3) recommend appropriate remedies.

  • The CWRIC issues its findings, stating that the internment was not justified

    The CWRIC issues its findings, stating that the internment was not justified
    Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro. Evacuees lived at this center at the former Santa Anita race track before being moved inland to relocation centers. Clem Albers, Arcadia, CA, April 5, 1942. (Photo No. 210-G-3B-414) National Archives
    Library of Congress sumary

  • The Civil Liberties Act of 1988

    The Civil Liberties Act of 1988
    signed into law by President Ronald Reagan