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The Japanese government was so deceitful in the way they set up the U.S. for the Pearl Harbor bombing that it was difficult for the country to trust Japanese immigrants. Japanese diplomats were in the middle of peace talks and giving assurances that they had no intention of taking over Hawaii when they bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. The U.S. had been suspicious before then since Japanese troops had taken several other Pacific Islands, but Japan was very convincing in their efforts to assure U.S. politicians that there would be no attack.
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, when the nation was told that Pearl Harbor was being bombed, there was an immediate suspicion of everyone who looked Japanese, much as there is now suspicion of anyone who looks Middle Eastern. Only back then there was no effort to convince people that not all Orientals were trying to kill Americans.
It was a different, less enlightened time.
The belief was that if the nation could keep the Japanese away from anything critical to the nation, we wouldn't have to worry about what they would do if they were lying to us as the Japanese Government had done.
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∙ 13y agoNational Security.
The Japanese were very active in the Pacific from the early 1900s with the backing of Brtian, US and etc. After the massacres the Japanese Imperial Empire did to the Pacific continent the Countries backed out for their support of the expansion of the Japanese empire. Come 1942 when Peral Harbor was attacked, it was easily concieved that Japanese American sleeper cells could have been in place for years.
The parinoia of a sleep-cells, the fact that the Japanese were out to conquer at whatever cost, the American government saw enough possibilities of Japanese infiltration as American citizens that they felt they had no choice but to take no chances and lock up the Japanese Americans.
It was not the fact that it was war it was the fact that the Japanese were so efficiently conquering that they US did not take the chance of trusting its own Japanese American citizens.
On a lighter note, the biggest farm owner in Colorado is Japanese and the Japanese have a wonderful life in Colorado and Southern California.
The country did make it easy for these victims to move and live in these areas however all their previous homes and businesses were taken away.
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∙ 14y agoThe government justified it by saying that is was for finding spys and people still loyal to Japan. So in other words for the safety of the country, since everyone was scared and angry after Pearl Harbor.
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∙ 12y agoIt was a mistake, but it was done as a part of the early war hyteria of WWII in the fear that the Japanese Americans might have a stronger Loyalty to their ancestery then to their adopted nation. The president ordered this, and it was called order 9066. It was government orders, so it was perfectly legal at the time.
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∙ 11y agoThe US placed the Japanese in the interment camps because they were looking for spies. Also there was a lot of racist going towards the Chinese, Asian, and Japanese. Taking away their right to become a citizen.
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∙ 13y agoMany Americans were concerned about the loyalty of Japanese Americans
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∙ 12y agoThey were pissed at the Japanese for bombing pearl harbor so the president was mad. He made execution order 9066.
Racist...
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∙ 11y agothey bombed pearl harbor because they felt threatened by usa's navl system while the were conquering the pacific islands and sout East Asia
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∙ 11y agoU.S. government was afraid of treason and spying from the Japanese living in the country, so the Japanese were forced into internment camps.
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What was US Policy towards aliens and Japanese Americans in World War 2?
The policy towards Japanese-American citizens was to place them into Internment (Concentration) Camps .
What power allowed Franklin D. Roosevelt to place Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War 2?
Executive Order 9066 .
How did the concentration camps in America differ from the camps in Germany?
German concentration camps were mostly extermination or death camps designed to murder the inmates, primarily Jews. Some camps also sent out inmates to be used as slave labor. All the German camps were operated in total violation of international law and well outside all standard norms of behavior. The American camps were not "concentration" camps, but internment camps for Japanese, German & Italian nationals, as well as several thousand Japanese-Americans citizens and Japanese legal aliens from the west coast of the US. In accordance with international law, those foreign nationals from enemy countries (in the US when the war started) were interned in the camps only as long as the war lasted, and were freed at the end of the war. Unfortunately there are many myths and misconceptions about the relocation and internment of Japanese in the US. Japanese-American citizens and legal aliens were not relocated from Hawaii, the mid-west or the east coast of the United States. Only those living in the west coast areas were subject to this government action. Japanese-Americans were released from these camps based on various criteria, some well before the end of the war, others later near the end. Most of the Japanese-Americans that were interned the longest were from families that were unwilling to swear allegiance to the United States. Internment was based on the US government suspicion that many of the Japanese in America as legal aliens were loyal to Japan not the United States. In fact, a minority of those interned were vocally pro-Japanese and anti-American. Many Japanese-Americans volunteered to serve in the US military during the war. If they were currently interned, then they were permanently released to serve. The volunteer rates of those inside the camps was actually lower than from those Japanese-Americans outside the camps. In any event, it was not the policy of the US government to mistreat the internees. In fact the internees were generally well treated and cared for in almost all cases. The US court system had ruled in WW2 that it was legal for the government to take this action. Regardless, the Japanese-American citizens believed that the idea was wrong for them to have been sent to the camps in the first place. They petitioned the US government for compensation after the war. Eventually the US government apologized and paid some compensation to former internees, but the bitterness would remain for many.
Why were Internment camps set up for Japanese Americans?
Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the US west coast were placed in internment camps on the claim that spies and sabatouers could be hiding among them.Since Japanese and Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and in the US east of the Mississippi were not forced into camps, and since no American citizens of German or Italian descent were placed in internment camps, the actual reason is more likely related to racial stereotypes and anti-Japanese hysteria.
Compare and contrast prison camps and concentration camps during World War 2?
In the Pacific theater, the Japanese military outlook provided no mercy for Allied soldiers that surrendered. The Japanese believed in fighting to the death. Because of this, Japanese prison camps were essentially concentration camps. Allied prisoners died in the thousands from disease, overwork, and malnourishment. However in Europe, they were distinct. Concentration camps housed those deemed unfit, or in some way non-Aryan. People were put there not because they were soldiers, but because they were civilians. Allied prisoners of war in Europe generally received better treatment, and were not put to death on the scale of those in concentration camps.
What group of people did the US government place in internment camps in the early 1940s?
Japanese and Japanese-Americans, many of whom were US citizens.
What was US Policy towards aliens and Japanese Americans in World War 2?
The policy towards Japanese-American citizens was to place them into Internment (Concentration) Camps .
Why were Japanese Internment Camps place in extreme weather conditions?
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What was internment in World War 2?
Japanese Americans were forcibly place into concentration camps .
Internment camps are?
It was a harsh place where Japanese people went during World War 2 because they were accused of being spies.
Where were Japanese Americans held in internment camps?
They are located in the United States
What power allowed Franklin D. Roosevelt to place Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War 2?
Executive Order 9066 .
Who was korematsuv US?
It is Korematsu v US and was a landmark Supreme Court decision allowing the USA government to place Japanese Americans in internment camps during WWII.
Why didn't they put Muslims in internment camps after 911 like how they did with the Japanese during World War 2?
A:The Japanese residents of the United States were placed in internment camps because the United States was at war and there was the chance that the Japenese people would try to assist the Japanese war effort. This was quite different to the situation after the 911 attacks, when even the most conservative politicians recognised that the loyalties of most Muslims in the country were with the United States. There was no need or reason to place them in internment other than as a misguided and misplaced punishment for attacks they had no prior knowledge of.
How did the concentration camps in America differ from the camps in Germany?
German concentration camps were mostly extermination or death camps designed to murder the inmates, primarily Jews. Some camps also sent out inmates to be used as slave labor. All the German camps were operated in total violation of international law and well outside all standard norms of behavior. The American camps were not "concentration" camps, but internment camps for Japanese, German & Italian nationals, as well as several thousand Japanese-Americans citizens and Japanese legal aliens from the west coast of the US. In accordance with international law, those foreign nationals from enemy countries (in the US when the war started) were interned in the camps only as long as the war lasted, and were freed at the end of the war. Unfortunately there are many myths and misconceptions about the relocation and internment of Japanese in the US. Japanese-American citizens and legal aliens were not relocated from Hawaii, the mid-west or the east coast of the United States. Only those living in the west coast areas were subject to this government action. Japanese-Americans were released from these camps based on various criteria, some well before the end of the war, others later near the end. Most of the Japanese-Americans that were interned the longest were from families that were unwilling to swear allegiance to the United States. Internment was based on the US government suspicion that many of the Japanese in America as legal aliens were loyal to Japan not the United States. In fact, a minority of those interned were vocally pro-Japanese and anti-American. Many Japanese-Americans volunteered to serve in the US military during the war. If they were currently interned, then they were permanently released to serve. The volunteer rates of those inside the camps was actually lower than from those Japanese-Americans outside the camps. In any event, it was not the policy of the US government to mistreat the internees. In fact the internees were generally well treated and cared for in almost all cases. The US court system had ruled in WW2 that it was legal for the government to take this action. Regardless, the Japanese-American citizens believed that the idea was wrong for them to have been sent to the camps in the first place. They petitioned the US government for compensation after the war. Eventually the US government apologized and paid some compensation to former internees, but the bitterness would remain for many.
Why were Internment camps set up for Japanese Americans?
Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the US west coast were placed in internment camps on the claim that spies and sabatouers could be hiding among them.Since Japanese and Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and in the US east of the Mississippi were not forced into camps, and since no American citizens of German or Italian descent were placed in internment camps, the actual reason is more likely related to racial stereotypes and anti-Japanese hysteria.
Compare and contrast prison camps and concentration camps during World War 2?
In the Pacific theater, the Japanese military outlook provided no mercy for Allied soldiers that surrendered. The Japanese believed in fighting to the death. Because of this, Japanese prison camps were essentially concentration camps. Allied prisoners died in the thousands from disease, overwork, and malnourishment. However in Europe, they were distinct. Concentration camps housed those deemed unfit, or in some way non-Aryan. People were put there not because they were soldiers, but because they were civilians. Allied prisoners of war in Europe generally received better treatment, and were not put to death on the scale of those in concentration camps.
