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. 1. ) Just . 10 weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the War Department to designate “military areas” as “exclusion zones” where citizens could be forcibly removed. It was carefully worded and made no specific reference to Japanese-Americans, but the intention of the order became clear when military officials were announced that all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast would be relocated to internment camps for the duration of the war. . Hajdasz. . JFK Middle School. . Utica City School District. . Khajdasz@uticaschools.org. Japanese-American Internment. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans questioned the loyalty of Japanese Americans, fearing they may act as spies or help Japan invade the U.S.. 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?. America & World War II (1941-1945). FACTMONSTER.COM. . Almanac. . World . War. . . The United States at War. . World War II. . Small Quiz . 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.. 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?. Background. In the hours immediately following December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt signed Presidential Proclamations 2525, 2526, and 2527 under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act. . http://www.internmentarchives.com/specialreports/smithsonian/smithsonian10.php. 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 . US History II. Breen & Gatens. Warm Up. You will be answering the question, “. Why were . Japanese Americans . interned during World War II. ?”. What does internment mean? -. the . state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military . Strand 1: American History. Concept 8: Great Depression and World War II. PO 2. Describe the impact of American involvement in World War II:. d. Japanese, German, and Italian internments and POW camps. 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.