PPT-American Japanese Relocation Camps

In 1942 shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor The United States ordered all Japanese Americans living within the United States to be sent to relocation camps These camps were mainly located in the western United States including one located in Central Utah known as Topaz. May 2012. Long History of Racism. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). California Alien Land Law of 1913 and 1920. Immigration Act of 1924. The Japanese Community. Issei. - 1. st. generation immigrants. Nisei- 2. Manzanar. . Introduction. Honors English II. Miss Lawson. Japanese Internment Camps During World War II. In 1942 shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, approximately 110,000 Japanese Nationals and Japanese Americans were forced into housing facilities called "War Relocation Camps.“ . America & World War II (1941-1945). FACTMONSTER.COM. . Almanac. . World . War. . . The United States at War. . World War II. . Small Quiz . Moving quickly, the Japanese took Wake Island, Guam, the Philippines, and by the end of 1942 controlled nearly all of the Pacific . The Japanese claimed to be “liberating” these lands from European/American control, but proved to be more cruel than the previous overseers ever were. 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.. America’s Humiliation: Japanese Internment Camps. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration (May 3, 1942). Freedom. Responsibility, and Justice. Page 181-182. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 5. SSHS-S1C8-01-d. 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. 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. & 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…. 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. War on the Home front. QUESTION 1: . What is more important to you: Civil liberties (democracy, individual freedoms, rights etc.) OR National Security. QUESTION 2:. Would this change during war? Why or why not?. 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 . Women and World War II. (“Rosie the Riveter”). New opportunities because of . the demand for workers. Still faced hostility in male-. dominated businesses. Were expected to complete. their “domestic” duties. On . February 19, 1942, Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. . -120,000 . people of Japanese descent living in the US . were removed. from . their homes . and placed in interment . . camps.