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Influx of Japanese Immigration
Between these years massive surges of Issei immigrants came to the U.S. This relates to our essential question in that this influx of immigrants caused many of the "anti-japanese" prejudice to form. -
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JEL (Japanese Exclusion League) Forms
A league dedicated to quite frankly, excluding the Japanese from day-to-day things. This relates to our essential question in that this league rallied many to hate the Japanese. -
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Gentlemen's Agreement
A set of laws/agreements restricting Japanese immigration. This relates to our essential question in that this agreement angered many japanese, and actually caused many more to immigrate. This happened as only direct family of Japanese already in the U.S. could immigrate, therefore many japanese got married through proxy in Japan, then immigrated to the United States. -
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JACL (Japanese American Citizen's League) Forms
A group dedicated to both showing their americanism and loyalty while still keeping loyalty in the Japanese Emperor Showa Hirohito. This relates to our essential question in that this league helped ease anti "Jap" feelings though some still thought it was "Evil as they still pronounced loyalty to the Emperor. -
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FBI "Round-up"
The FBI conducted rigorous searches of all of Japanese heritage and took anyone deemed "suspicious". This relates to our essential question in that this round-up was the start of japanese internment. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan unprovokedly bombed the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Oahu Hawaii. This relates to our essential question in that it was the final boost toward the use of internment camps. -
U.S. Declares War on Japan
The U.S. went to war with the Empire of Japan. This relates to our essential qurstion in that this war empowered japanese prejudice to much higher levels. -
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Mayor of Los Angeles Gives an Anti-Japanese Speech
The mayor of Los Angeles, Fletcher Bowrun gives a speech against the Japanese. This relates to our essential question in that this speech encouraged japanese internmant. -
Executive Order 9066
An executive order allowing any of Japanese heritage to be relocated to internment camps. This relates to our essential question in that this order actually valitidated the usage of internment. -
Japanese "Migrate" to Assembly Centers
Most of the internment camps or "war relocation centers" were not yet complete, the Japanese had to stay in "assembly centers". These centers were plainly public places like stadiums or fairgrounds, then fleshed out with VERY modest, new yet delapidated, ramshackle, hut-shacks. This relates to our essential question in that this series of migrations was the showage that these "war relocation centers" were to be used after all. -
CEO (Civilian Exclusion Orders) Begin to Appear
These orders were posters and etc. that told japanese that they had a limited amount of time to pack their things and make for the assembly centers. This relates to our essential question in that these orders were the final step in the internment of the japanese.
