1. Japanese Internment By: C.W.

2. Holocaust and History ❖ Very horrific time in history ❖ January 30, 1933 ❖ 11 million people killed ❖ Germans believed in dominant race

3. How America Got Involved ❖ Germany made allies with Japan ❖ Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 ❖ America felt they needed retaliation

4. Japanese Internment Camps ❖ 127,000 Japanese-Americans interned ❖ Camps lasted two and a half years ❖ 10 different camps were established ❖ Camps throughout California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas

5. Who Created it, Why, and When ❖ Created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt & The Roosevelt Administration ❖ Suspicious of all Japanese descent

6. Camp Conditions ❖ Until camps were complete, internees stayed in horse stables ❖ Overcrowded with poor living conditions ❖ Houses were simple frames covered by a tarp ❖ No cooking facilities

7. Camp Conditions Continued ❖ Coal was limited ❖ No heat ❖ People slept under as many blankets as possible ❖ No plumbing ❖ 250-300 people ate together ❖ Food cost $0.48 per person

8. Camp Conditions Continued ❖ Adults could work for five dollars a day ❖ Adults farmed on arid soil, which was quite a challenge

9. How the Camps Ended ❖ Camps started closing in 1945 ❖ Last camp closed in 1946 ❖ Reparations of $20,000 were paid to all survivors