Japanese Internment Camps: A Misguided Step Towards “Winning The War”
Internment Camps
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Internment CampsInternment Camps
By: Rachel Walker, Marc Missera, Emily Goldberg,
and Seth Dixon
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Time Line
December 7, 1941: Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor.
February 19, 1942:FDR signs Executive Order 9066, which states that Japanese should be interned.
April 1, 1942: The Internment of Japanese begins, mostly on the West Coast.
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Going to the Camps
There was little warning before removal.
Forced to sell possessions, land, and homes quickly.
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Going to the Camps
Only allowed to bring what they could carry.
Soldiers confiscated any valuables they wanted.
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Waiting
While waiting to be sent to the camps, refugees were housed in horse stalls and tents. Surrounded by guards and
barbed wire.
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The Camps
Housed in wooden barracks with wood frame and tarpaper as roof.
20 x 25 feet per family. Overcrowded.
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The Camps
Only furnishings were cots, blankets, and a light bulb.
Communal toilet, bathing, laundry and dining.
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Camp Locations
California Idaho Utah Arizona Wyoming Colorado Arkansas Canada: British Columbia
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Civil Rights
2 Cases:o Hirabayashi v. United States 1943o Korematsu v. United States 1944
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Hirabayashi v. US 1943
Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was a University of Washington student. Convicted of breaking curfew. Appealed the conviction all
the way to the supreme court. Turning Overruled in U.S.
District Court in Seattle.
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Korematsu v. US 1944
Convicted of evading internment camp, but appealed this ruling .
The government submitted false information during the investigation.
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Justification for Internment Camps:
The Japanese were a risk to national security.
The Japanese could help signal enemy sabotages.
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Justification
The Japanese citizens could become spies.
There was lots of “fifth-column activity” (“enemy in your midst”) amongst the Japanese.
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Law Suits
JACL Wanted each person interned to
receive $15,000 and $15 for each day interned.
NCJAR Wanted individual payments.
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Compensation
On April 22, 1988, Congress passed a bill extending a national apology to survivors.
Authorized $687 million dollars of compensation.
Each person got $20,000.
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Bibliography
Dudley, William, ed. Japanese American Internment Camps.
San Diego, CA: Greenhaven P, Inc., 2002. World War II History." The National WWII Museum. The
National World War II Museum. Web. http://www.google.com