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Japanese Internment

Japanese Internment. Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. 1869. First Japanese settle in Sacramento, California to help construct the railroad. 1870. Citizenship given to African Americans, but not to Japanese or Chinese Americans. 1886.

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Japanese Internment

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  1. Japanese Internment Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

  2. 1869 • First Japanese settle in Sacramento, California to help construct the railroad

  3. 1870 • Citizenship given to African Americans, but not to Japanese or Chinese Americans

  4. 1886 • Japanese government allows citizens to permanently move to other countries

  5. 1911 • America does not allow Japanese to become natural citizens

  6. 1913 • Japanese are not allowed to own land in California

  7. 1924 • All immigration from Japan stops due to the Immigration Act

  8. 1939 • Germany declares war on Poland officially beginning World War II

  9. 1941 • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

  10. 1942 • Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 giving the War Department the right to evacuate Japanese Americans into camps

  11. 1942 cont. • Manzanar Camp opens in Owens Valley, CA

  12. Remembering Manzanar • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac19C-rfMp8

  13. 1942 cont. • 110,000 Japanese Americans are in camps. Evacuation completed

  14. 1944 • U.S. Supreme Court rules that loyal citizens cannot be held in camps against their will

  15. 1945 • Roosevelt dies from a stroke and Harry Truman takes office

  16. 1945 cont. • America drops two atomic bombs on Japan

  17. 1945 cont. • Hitler commits suicide after realizing Germany is losing the war

  18. 1945 cont. • Japan surrenders, ending World War II

  19. 1945 cont. • Manzanar camp officially closes

  20. 1952 • Japanese finally given the right to be natural citizens.

  21. Vocabulary • Issei – The first generation. The Issei were born in Japan. Most immigrated to the United States between 1890 and 1915. • Nisei – Second generation children of the Issei. American citizens by birth and born before World War II. • Sansei – Third generation of Americans with Japanese ancestry born during or after World War II.

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