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It was feared that Japanese Americans would be more loyal to Japan, which was at war with the US during WW II, than they were to the US in which they lived. This was very unfair to the Japanese who had done nothing to demonstrate disloyalty to America, and the wartime internment of the Japanese remains a shameful blot on American history.
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Was the US government justified in sending Japanese Americans to internment camps after the attack on pearl harbor?
No, they were not concentration camps as the Germans built. They were Detention camps to keep the Japanese-American people under observation.
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 .
In the consintration camps for the Japanese hjow many died?
During the Holocaust there were absolutely no concentration camps that were for anyone else except for the Jews.Answer:Although not identified as concentration camps for Japanese immigrants to the US and Canada, several thousand citizens of Japanese origin had their property seized and were relocated to locations under strict government control. Similar camps were set up for citizens of other ethnic origins.Data on the number of deaths at the camps are hard to determine. It is usually stated that "some" died due to harsg treatment and emotional and physical stress.
What POW camps did the US run in the Pacific?
POW camps for the Japanese, but NOT in the Pacific. In the United States itself were POW camps held. They were for the Japanese whom were deemed spies for the Japanese government.
How did the US respond when they learned about the concentration camps?
they pretended not to know
Was the US government justified in sending Japanese Americans to internment camps after the attack on pearl harbor?
No, they were not concentration camps as the Germans built. They were Detention camps to keep the Japanese-American people under observation.
What US minority was forced into concentration camps during world war 2?
Japanese
A us minority that was forced into concentration camps during world war 2?
Japanese-Americans
Were women in the US in concentration camps in World War 2?
only Japanese American women
Who did the US keep in American concentration camps?
If i remember correctly it was Japanise Americans.
US minority forced into concentration camps during World War 2?
Presumably this refers to Japanese-Americans who were forced into internment camps.
What has the US done that is similar to the Nazi concentration camps?
During World War II, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the US declared war with Japan, the US sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps. The US did thisin order to prevent any Japanese-Americans from being able to support the Japanese during the war.Theese internment camps, unlike Nazi concentration camps, did not mass murder their inhabitants, and they had much better conditions than the Nazi camps, but they were similar to the Nazi concentration camps in other ways:The people sent there were sent there based on their race, not on any crimes they had committedThe people's homes and belongings were confiscated and they were forced to go to the camps without warningThe people's belongings were not returned to them when they were freed from the camps (although the US did later pay these Japanese-Americans some compensation).
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 .
Who built interment camps?
The SS anfd Todt Organization (Engineers) built concentration camps in Europe for Jews The Army Corps of Engineers built internment camps for Japanese Americans in the southwestern US
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.
Did the US violate its principles in its efforts to win World War 2?
I think it can be argued that the internment of the Japanese in concentration camps goes against the US principle of freedom.
How many concentration camps in the US?
None.
