Why do you think the Japanese were forced into internment camps?

What was the year Japanese were placed in internment camps?

1942 I think.

What group was placed in internment camps in the US during World War 2?

I think you are referring to the WWII Japanese internment camps. After Pearl Harbor, it was thought that Japanese-American citizens could not be trusted, so they were rounded up and forced to live at various "camps" around the U.S. until the war was over. See the Related Links below.

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.

Why did the US government think internment camps were necessary during World War 2?

The U.S. government believed internment camps were necessary during World War II due to fears of espionage and sabotage following the attack on Pearl Harbor. There was a widespread perception that Japanese Americans, particularly on the West Coast, posed a security threat, despite a lack of evidence supporting this claim. This decision was influenced by racial prejudice and wartime hysteria, leading to the forced relocation and imprisonment of around 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens. Ultimately, these actions were later recognized as a grave injustice and violation of civil rights.

What us president made Japanese walk?

Soon after the US went to war with Japan, President Roosevelt issued an executive order to round up Japanese in the US , including Japanese American citizens and put them into internment camps. I do not think they had to do any walking, but in Canada, which also interred Japanese, some of them may have had to walk to a camp or work on road crews.

What did the American public think of the internment camps?

After the attacks on Pearl Harbor, many white Americans began to distrust Japanese Americans and their patriotic loyalties. Also, the Japanese Navy's location was unknown at the time, and thus many believed that a Japanese attack on the west coast could have occurred at any time. Many white Americans believed that Japanese Americans could provide intelligence for the Imperial Japanese forces, and that if the Japanese Navy were to attack the west coast, Japanese Americans would join the invaders and help fight against the United States. Many white Americans believed that the internment was justified, and the US Supreme Court agreed. In Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ok'd the internment of Japanese Americans, citing public safety and protection against espionage to be a valid reason for internment and the taking of civil rights and liberties from Japanese Americans.

How many camps were built during world war 2?

There were thousands of camps all over Germany a long time before they started building the true death camps. If you tap in concentration camps into any web search engine, it will show you a map of the camps. They were not all death camps, but were camps for Germans who were not Nazi's, and were used for, what they called 're-training'. IF you were released, and still able to think or even walk, you made sure you followed the rules and joined the 'Nazi Party' and kept your thoughts, to yourself in future.

What is the difference between Japanese internment camps and nazi concentration camps?

Japanese Internment Camps were in the United States. They housed the Japanese Americans in these camps to search for spies and keep them from turning into spies. These camps were deemed unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court. So they were held illegally. The camp conditions were miserable. They had inadequate housing, bathrooms, food, and many did get sick from the camps. There were not killed or beaten or shot as the people were in the German Concentration camps. Some of the Japanese sons joined the war to prove their allegiance to the United States. The Japanese lost their homes, businesses and possessions. Some Japanese farmers had nice neighbors who kept their farms grow and producing and kept their houses safe but this was the exception not the rule. Many Americans back then were prejudiced against the Japanese, Chinese and other Asians. Truly sad. The German Concentration camps were filled with Jewish people slated to be killed or used for free hard labor. They were also filled with the "undesirables" the Nazis wanted out of the population. They were communists, political prisoners, religious people, dwarfs, Downs Syndrome people, feeble minded, people with congenital defects, the mentally ill and anyone else they felt like putting into the camps. There were POW camps too. In the camps the conditions were not merely miserable they were deplorable. They were filthy, disease ridden, and the buildings had no heat or beds. The prisoners were put into pajamas. They did not all have coats or shoes. The camps were designed to kill and cremate the people. Some camps had gas chambers to kill thousands of Jews daily. The people died from disease, exposure, dehydration, starvation, dysentery and murder by the Nazis. One of the most horrible things that happened to the prisoners was the medical experiments conducted on them. I couldn't write what happened to them. This entire project of eliminating people Hitler did not approve of was called The Final Solution. His goal was to have the population be only of pure Aryan descent. Incidentally, there is no medical word/fact or sociological human grouping of "Aryans". It was a word Hilter borrowed from some books he read.

What did Canadiens think of Japanese internment?

During World War II, many Canadians held mixed views on Japanese internment. Some supported the government's decision, fueled by wartime fears and racial prejudice, believing it was necessary for national security. Others opposed the internment, recognizing it as a violation of civil rights and expressing concern over the unjust treatment of Japanese Canadians. Over time, societal attitudes shifted, leading to an official apology and reparations for those affected.

Identify two different words or phrases you would use to describe the internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War 2 and explain why you think those are accurate descriptions?

Deplorable and unconstitutional. The Japanese Americans were not spies nor were they the enemy of the Americans. They were not even allowed to be citizens. The only ones that were citizens were the ones born in the US. The leaders of the government overreacted. They wanted to intern the Germans and Italians but prominent people stopped them. No one spoke up for the Japanese however. The Supreme Court declared the internment unconstitutional and I totally agree. The leaders left them in the internment camps long after the war was over. Those wonderful people lost their homes and their possessions and the respect of the American people. They had nothing to do with the Japanese of Japan. The internment places were ramshackle, filthy, cold places with no furniture or adequate bathrooms. They suffered for years all due to the arrogant, racist American leaders and the general populous who did not rise up to stop the madness.

Who was the first family that was forced to live in camps?

its depends what you mean by camps...if you mean summer camps for children, i don't think anyone was forced to live in the for more than the summer unless it was one of those "special" camps they make horror movies about like lake sakatchew. or if you mean like camping probably people like tarzan, because i don't think he wanted to live in the jungle but he was basically forced to. i don't know if you'd consider that a camp but i would just because the apes had a very organized schedule and they basically treated living in the jungle as a camp. either answer in 124% accurate.

Could a situation such as the internment of Japanese Americans of World War 11 take place today?

Could a situation such as the internment of Japanese Americans during World War 11 take place today? If so,under what circumstances? If you do not feel this could happen,explain why.