WW II Japanese Internment

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  • Rumors

    Rumors
    After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, rumors spread, fueled by race prejudice, of a plot among Japanese-Americans to sabotage the war effort.
    http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
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    WWII Japanese Internment

    WW ll Japanese Interment camps were built a couple months after the bombing or Pearl Harbor. They were built because the United States felt like any Japanese person or even ancestor could have been part of the bombing and they didn't want them to get any secret information or be able to plan anything that might harm the Untied States.

  • The Start Of WWll Japanese Internment

    The Start Of WWll Japanese Internment
    On Febuauary 19, 1942 President Roosevelt signed executive order 9066 ordering all Japenese ancestors in America to be removed from the West Coast and relocated in concentration camps. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation

  • How Many People were taken

    How Many People were taken
    About 130,000 Japanese Americans were taken from their homes on the West Coast and forced into concentration Camps in the spring of 1942.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans

  • The Camps Are Built

    The Camps Are Built
    Ten World Warll Japanese internment camps are:
    Topaz Internment Camp, Central Utah
    Colorado River (Poston) Internment Camp, Arizona
    Gila River Internment Camp, Phoenix, Arizona
    Granada (Amache) Internment Camp, Colorado
    Heart Mountain Internment Camp, Wyoming
    Jerome Internment Camp, Arkansas
    Manzanar Internment Camp, California
    Minidoka Internment Camp, Idaho
    Rohwer Internment Camp, Arkansas
    Tule Lake Internmen Camp, California
    http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1134

  • Man Closes Store and Proves Loyal

    Man Closes Store and Proves Loyal
    This store owned by a man of Japanese ancestry is closed following evacuation orders in Oakland, California, in April of 1942. After the attack on Pearl Harbor the owner had placed the "I Am An American" sign in the store front window.

    http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-internment-of-japanese-americans/100132/

  • U.S Army Allowing Them To Leave The Camps For Time In The Army

    U.S Army Allowing Them To Leave The Camps For Time In The Army
    Eventually the government allowed internees to leave the concentration camps if they enlisted in the U.S. Army. This offer was not well received. Only 1,200 internees chose to do so.
    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/internment1.html

  • Living Conditions

    Living Conditions
    The U.S. internment camps were overcrowded and provided poor living conditions. According to a 1943 report published by the War Relocation Authority (the administering agency), Japanese Americans were housed in "tarpaper-covered barracks of simple frame construction without plumbing or cooking facilities of any kind."
    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/internment1.html

  • Loaylty To The United States

    Loaylty To The United States
    In early 1945 some Japanese-American citezens that were proven loyal to the United States were allowed to move back to the West Coast. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation

  • The Closing Of The Camps

    The Closing Of The Camps
    In 1944, two and a half years after signing Executive Order 9066, fourth-term President Franklin D. Roosevelt rescinded the order. The last internment camp was closed by the end of 1945.
    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/internment1.html

  • Asking For Forgiveness

    Asking For Forgiveness
    After all of the consentration camps were abolished the United States gave money to the Japenes internment survivors in hope that they would forgive them. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation