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The Japanese Americans that were put in internment camps faced the racism of whites. They were afraid of the hatred of those around them that made threats.
the Japanese bombed pearl harbor, and America was scared. fdr said that japan had planned the bombing, so the Japanese-Americans where put in internment camps.
the Japanese Americans.
Not all Japanese Americans were placed in Internment Camps, but the majority were. The ones that were not put in camps were generally Japanese immigrants who did not live near the Pacific.
FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) signed a executive order that would put the Japanese Americans (most were loyal to the US, actually) in the internment camps.
Pearl Harbor!
The USA was worried about the Japanese-Americans on the coast supplying Japanese with information and helping the Japanese attack the USA in any way. So the USA put the Japanese-Americans in internment camps.
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour and the USA then set up internment camps for any Japanese living in the USA. The Japanese were put into internment camps as they were considered a threat to the country. Here in the UK they did the same thing with Italians and Germans living in the UK.
Fearing that Japanese living in the United States would help Japan, the government gathered up almost 120,000 Japanese-Americans and resident Japanese aliens and placed them in internment camps. Some people remained in the camps for over three years.
Japanese Americans and Canadians were put interned due to fears by the government that they would spy for their homeland.
The US joined WWII and put all Japanese people in internment camps.
That they would cause another war