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Evaluating the Japanese Internment During WWII

Evaluating the Japanese Internment During WWII Create the following Chart using the entire right side of your notebook. Evaluating the Japanese Internment During WWII - Introduction.

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Evaluating the Japanese Internment During WWII

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  1. Evaluating the Japanese Internment During WWII Create the following Chart using the entire right side of your notebook

  2. Evaluating the Japanese Internment During WWII - Introduction Throughout US History, decision makers have been challenged by questions about what constitutes fair and just actions during times of war. For example, the government had to consider the extent of citizens’ rights in a democracy during wartime. To safeguard American security, can the government of the US carry out actions that violate the rights of American citizens? Or may the Constitution never be violated, even under wartime circumstances?

  3. Introduction continued.... • Constitutional questions such as these were certain to arise during WWII. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the government feared further attacks on US soil. These fears raised the issue of the possible presence of enemy collaborators among the over one million people of German, Italian and Japanese descent then living within the US. The government had to determine whether their presence threatened national security…..

  4. Concern A • Beginning the day after Pearl Harbor, the government used several tactics to alleviate the threat of enemy collaborators • FBI jailed thousands of Italian, German and Japanese Americans • Some were relocated away from areas deemed vital to security • Radios, fishing boats and cameras confiscated • Curfews established • However, harshest treatment was reserved for the Japanese Americans 1942 Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 – all Japanese, regardless of citizenship, age, gender and place of birth, were taken into custody and interned

  5. Concern B • Americans were divided.. • Why only the Japanese? - they often lived in small ethnic enclaves, they were easy to identify and small number of population • Anti- Japanese sentiment – long history of discrimination against Asian Americans and immigrants

  6. Concern C • House Bill 442 - 1988 Regan signed legislation that awarded $20,000 to every surviving Japanese American who had been interned • Also issued an apology

  7. Wrap Up Questions – Left Side • Was the decision to intern Japanese a military necessity? Why or why not? • Do you think the US government’s decision to pay reparations and to apologize was the right thing to do? Why or why not?

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