1. Japanese Internment

2. Before the Camps
After Pearl Harbor, mobs attacked Japanese-American businesses and homes. Banks would not cash their checks
Despite evidence, many Jap. Am were suspected of being loyal to their homeland
Anti-Japanese paranoia increased on West Coast because of their large presence

8. Executive Power
In times of crisis, gov. oversteps its boundaries, takes away individual liberties
Executive order 9066

9. Life’s Possessions Gone
Many Jap. Am. were instructed to pack up what they could, sell their homes, businesses, possessions for a small sum
Had only a few weeks to pack
Had no idea where they were going, how long they would be gone

11. Relocation
Assembly Centers- Evacuees sent to hastily built centers at racetracks and athletic fields
War Relocation Centers- Sent to more permanent camps when finished being built
Ten camps built to hold roughly 110,000 Jap. Am. forced to leave their homes

12. “The first morning in Manzanar when I woke up and saw what Manzanar looked like, I just cried. And then I saw the high Sierra mountains, just like my native country’s mountain, and I just cried, that’s all.”

13. Assembly Centers

15. Barracks Surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards
Up to 8 individuals were housed in 20 by 25 foot room, with 4 rooms to each barrack. Each barrack had an oil stove, a single hanging light bulb and cots

16. Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor visits camps, recommends we end Jap. Int.
FDR allows some Japs to gain work permits or enlist in Army
33,000 served in Army, had to take loyalty oath
1/3 of Jap. Am. Able to leave camps by 1943

17. Japanese Released Allowed to go back home in early 1945
Civil Liberties Act (1988) gave each person $20,000 and a formal apology

18. Korematsu v The United States
Argued his Civil Rights had been violated
He lost
Relocation was ok because he was living in a military zone
Relocation based on “military urgency” not race
Received apology from White House in 1998