Japanese Internment & Korematsu v. United States
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Japanese Internment &
Korematsu v. United States
MAST High SchoolU.S. History – Period 4
Ms. Richardson
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Attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7th, 1941)
• Immediate impact: U.S. declares war on Japan
entering WWII.
• 2,400 dead / 1,178 wounded
• 300 aircrafts damaged/destroyed
• 19 battleship/destroyers/ cruisers – damaged/destroyed
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Executive Order 9066 • When: February 19, 1942
• Japanese-Americans had to evacuate [leave] the
West Coast.
• Relocation of approximately 120,000 people to internment camps.
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Korematsu v. United States (1944)
• Fred Korematsu: American-born citizen of Japanese descent refused to leave his home in California (violating Executive Order 9066).
• Was convicted, he appealed, and in 1944 his case reached the Supreme Court.– The Court agreed with gov’t – The need to protect the country was a greater priority
than the individual rights of the Japanese and Japanese Americans.
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War & Civil Liberties
• Espionage Act – 1917
-Made it illegal to interfere with military operations, including the draft.
- $10,000 fine/20 years
• Sedition Act (1918-1921)
-Made it illegal to criticize the government (anti-war & unpatriotic sentiments).
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Atomic Bomb (August 1945)• U.S. dropped atomic bomb on
Hiroshima-wiped out 90% of the city
-immediately killed 80,000 people
-tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure.
• U.S. dropped atomic bomb Nagasaki-Approximately 40,000 dead