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Americans were afraid of any more attacks from the japaneses
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∙ 8y agoDuring World War II, the military feared that some persons of Japanese ancestry might conduct espionage or sabotage in the important industrial centers on the US Pacific coast.
The federal government was concerned enough to establish a policy that removed all ethnic Japanese from the West Coast, even those who were US citizens, and relocated them to guarded camps built in remote areas, often deserts. More than 100,000 Japanese people, half of them children, were forced to go to these camps. There were 10 camps, surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards. They could only bring what they could carry, and many lost their homes and businesses. They were imprisoned in the camps from 1942 to early 1945, when the Supreme Court ruled their detention unconstitutional.
Some Japanese-American men from the camps and elsewhere still volunteered to fight for the US in the war, and many served with distinction.
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Assembly Centers and Internment Camps
There were three different kinds of camps that they would send Japanese-American citizens to. The first were Civilian Assembly Centers, which were temporary camps when they were initially taken out of their communities. These included:
Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, California
Fresno Fairgrounds in Fresno, California
Marysville/Arboga, California
Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Mayer, Arizona
County Fairgrounds in Merced, California
Owens Valley, California
Parker Dam, Arizona
Pinedale Assembly Center in Pinedale, California
Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California
Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland, Oregon
Camp Harmony in Puyallup, Washington
Sacramento/Walerga, California
Salinas, California
Tanforan racetrack in San Bruno, California
San Joaquin County Fairgrounds in Stockton, California
Tulare, California
Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock, California
Woodland, California
Most were then transferred to one of 10 Internment Camps:
Gila River War Relocation Center, Arizona
Granada War Relocation Center, Colorado (also known as Amache)
Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, Wyoming
Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas
Manzanar War Relocation Center, California
Minidoka War Relocation Center, Idaho
Poston War Relocation Center, Arizona
Rohwer War Relocation Center, Arkansas
Topaz War Relocation Center, Utah
Tule Lake War Relocation Center, California
Some, for reasons of security or correction, were sent to other facilities.
-- Justice Department Detention Camps:
Crystal City, Texas
Fort Lincoln, North Dakota
Fort Missoula, Montana
Fort Stanton, New Mexico
Kenedy, Texas
Kooskia, Idaho
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seagoville, Texas
-- Citizen Isolation Centers:
Leupp, Arizona
Moab, Utah (A.K.A. Dalton Wells)
Old Raton Ranch/Fort Stanton, New Mexico
-- Federal Bureau of Prisons
Catalina, Arizona
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
McNeil Island, Washington
-- US Army Facilities
Angel Island, California/Fort McDowell
Camp Blanding, Florida
Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Camp Livingston, Louisiana
Camp Lordsburg, New Mexico
Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Florence, Arizona
Fort Bliss, New Mexico/Texas
Fort Howard
Fort Lewis, Washington
Fort Meade, Maryland
Fort Richardson, Alaska
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Griffith Park, California
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sand Island Hawaii
Stringtown, Oklahoma
Internment camps were created for both German and Japanese Americans. The intent behind these camps was to limit communications between the US and Japan or Germany as there was a fear that relatives would share national secrets or information that would harm the US.
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∙ 14y agoIt was because America was afraid of any other attacks in their country and made that harsh decision to lower the chance of any spies trying to get Intel inside America and giving it to their enemies. Does that help?
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∙ 15y agoThe first one was occupied in the Spring of 1942, the last detainee was freed in early 1946.
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∙ 14y ago1942
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How many Japanese internment camps were there?
there are 39 diffrent Japanese internment camps
How big are Japanese internment camps?
See website: Japanese-American internment camps.
Was the Japanese happy about the internment camps?
No, the Japanese- Americans were not happy about the internment camps in WW2.
How were Japanese-Americans separated from the outside world when they were in internment camps?
See website: Japanese-American internment camps.
Did people in internment camps starve?
No. The Japanese Internment camps were not hurtful, they simply isolated the Japanese from the rest of the country.
What are Japanese American Internment Camps?
See website: Japanese-American internment
Did the Japanese internment camps have closer at some point of time?
did the japanese internment camps have closer at some point of time?
What are the pros of Japanese internment camps?
What are the pros of the Japanese internment camps? to protect what the US saw as a 'threat' after pearl harbor was bombed
How many Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps?
See website: Japanese-American internment
Who were main victims in Japanese internment?
Inherently, Japanese Americans were the main victims of the internment camps.
What is the history of Japanese internment camps?
Japanese internment camps sprung up during World War Two. These camps relocated 110,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a factor in the development of these camps.
Were there concentration camps for Jews in the US?
Not anymore, but there were in the Second World War. They were known more commonly as internment camps during those times; the term concentration camp was created by the Nazis in the 1930's.
