PPT-INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS

DIVERGENT OUTCOMES CAUSES AND LESSONS JULY 14 2015 INTERPRETATIONS VERSION ONE INTERNMENT WAS FUNDAMENTALLY THE PRODUCT OF BROAD DAMNING FACTORS WITHIN THE AMERICAN POPULATION WITH RACISM FOREMOST AND ECONOMIC RIVALTY XENOPHOBIA AND TERROR OVER JAPANESE MILITARY SUCCESSES AS CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS. World War I. The Background. 171,000 people in Canada were citizens of countries considered enemies of Canada. Many were second-generation and spoke English as their primary language. 80,000 of them were forced to register with the police and report on a regular basis. Canada. Grocery store owned by K. . Odaka. , ravaged by protesters during anti-Asian protests, 1907. Japanese Internment. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, a racist campaign was launched against Japanese citizens living in North America, particularly ones residing on the Pacific Coast.. In your opinion, was the internment of Japanese-Americans justified? Why or why not?. Did President Roosevelt break the law? Explain.. Do you feel that the Japanese-Americans were victims of Racism?. 5. th. . Grade. Japanese Internment Camps. In . 1942, . over 127,000 people were forced to leave their homes and go to the . J. apanese internment camps.. The camps were built in . unbearably . hot places, such as deserts and California, to torture the . World War II. From Isolation to War. - Congress further prevented international involvement by passing a series of . Neutrality Acts. . - The 1st Neutrality Act prevented the US from providing weapons to nations at war.. Japanese on the West Coast. 112,000 Japanese Americans living on the west coast. Some were Issei (Native born Japanese immigrants). Their children the second generation of Japanese Americans were called the Nisei they were born in the United States and were full US Citizens.. Bullet 4 - . Treatment of Japanese Americans, Japanese Latin Americans and Japanese Canadians . Treatment of Japanese Americans. Anti-Japanese . feeling from most, but not all Americans took place after that Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. 3.24.17. Timeline. Review the major events of Japanese-American internment & . talk with . your row. :. What do you know about Japanese-American internment?. What surprises you about the timeline?. & The Atomic Bombs. Internment Camps. War Measures Act. : waiving of habeas corpus and right to trial, bans on political and religious groups, restrictions of free speech, confiscation of property and…. APUSH – Lecture 8B. (covers Chapter 28). Ms. Kray. Mobilizing for a Total War. Industrial Production. “. War is no longer simply a battle between armed forces in the field. .”. Another total war . Japanese-Americans . during WWII. FDR orders the relocation of people of Japanese descent from the west coast to temporary camps in the interior of the country for national security. .. Over 120,000 people were imprisoned . Are racial stereotypes essential for our protection, or an example of our ignorance? . Japanese American Internment. Background Details. Executive Order 9066. Issued by FDR in February 1942. Relocated nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans – 62% of whom were American citizens. Americans in. WWII. Primary Source Analysis. in·tern·ment.  . n. .. . 1. . The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime.. 2. . The state of being interned; confinement. Public notices were posted announcing that all Japanese Americans – even those with as little as 1/16th Japanese blood – had 48 hours to sell their property and possessions and gather at assembly points. . S ome B ackground Western countries have been exploiting Asia and treating Asia’s peoples with great prejudice for centuries. The 19 th century Western carving up of China had been a warning to Japan