1. The Internment of Japanese Americans in the US
Solmari Solano
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2. FDR’s Executive Order 9066
December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor-Japan launched an attack on the US
Caused great fear about national security.
February 1942: FDR’s Executive Order 9066.
Relocating Japanese Americans to internment: disloyalty to US. (120,000)
Objectives: Prevent espionage & protect Japs.

3. Internment Camps People placed in confinement during war
Japs put in internment camps
Feared they’d be loyal to Japan
62%: American citizens
Regardless, you were still put in internment camps.
Isolated deserts, harsh weather, barbed wires & guard towers

4. Home Raids After Pearl Harbor, FBI broke in homes of Issei
Gov. froze assets
Violated people’s rights
Items/objects: special connection to Japan- “contraband”
Contraband illegal: allegiance to enemy. They’d be arrested if caught with these.

5. Forced Evacuation 1st step: Registration
Afterwards, Japs expected to follow strict rules
Ordered to abandon home
Assets whose weren’t frozen weren’t lot of time to sell businesses/property
Belongings: let go at a fraction of their worth, if they could be sold at all
Some Japs avoided by moving farther east.

6. Assembly Centers Evacuation: Japs took what they could carry.
Each internee:Sent to one of the 16 assembly centers.
From there, assigned to one of 10 internment camps.
Stayed in animal stables and stalls
Didn’t have roofs
Health care, food, and general cleanliness were disgustingly low-quality.

7. Map of Relocation Centers

8. Communal Living Family members:separate barracks/separate camps.
Internees were forced to share
Used communal latrines
Showers taken in open areas
Sharing & terrible housing conditions: increase risk of sickness
Medical care: Rare

9. Death Emotional stress Inadequate medical care
By military guards for resisting orders, treason, or attempting to escape.
Guards would face little consequence for killing.

10. 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team
1 way to escape: Enlist in 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Most Japanese-American
Saw it as opportunity to prove loyalty to America
Classified as 4-C
Showed bravery and are highly renowned to this day.
During war: 650 died.
2000: Twenty of them received the Medal of Honor

11. Relocated to Japan 4,724 Japs relocated to Japan
Citizens: 20 years old/younger
Teachers: Read/write Japanese and to be proud of their heritage
Transported from camps to ships and then overseas to Japan

12. Lack Of Remorse Last camp closed in March 1946
Anti-Japanese sentiment remained
Internees who returned home: beaten & killed when getting assets
Signs: “Japs” weren’t welcome
They lost their belongings and their sense of belonging
American government: Slow to admit mistake

13. Continued.. US apology: CLA of 1988
Paying reparations to each victim of internment
No way to truly make up for the way Japanese Americans were treated during WWII
More considerate of the rights for all Americans

14. 3 Minute Video on Japanese Internment Camps

15. MLA Citations/Works Cited
History.com Staff. History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009,
“Japanese Relocation During World War II.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, relocation.
“10 Shameful Facts About Japanese-American Internment.” Listverse, 25 Oct. 2014, listverse.com/2014/10/25/10- shameful-truths-about-japanese-american-internment/.

16. MLA Citations
Beary, Ms. “What was the purpose of japanese internment camps and how di.” Prezi.com, 13 May 2014, prezi.com/iu2op51m5wep/what-was-the-purpose-of-japanese-internment-camps-and-how-di/.
Frail, Paul Kitagaki Jr.T.A. “The Injustice of Japanese- American Internment Camps Resonates Strongly to This Day.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Jan. 2017, internment-camps-resonates-strongly /.