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Because they made up 1/3 of a multi-racial society, irrational fear fueled their prejudices which lead to the evacuation and interment of the Japanese-American communities.
Preexisting conditions started decades before the war. When Orientals started emigrating to Hawaii and the West Coast, which included people coming from China, Korea, the Philippine, and Japan, prejudices induced by fear permeated in American society. Ignorance of cultural differences and fears of taking jobs from the American population ignited violent outbreaks from the labor force as well as the American Legion. In 1907, the Gentlemen's Agreement between Japan and the US prevented further Immigration for men but allowed wives to immigrate. However, in 1924, the Immigration Act banned ALL Orientals from immigrating to the US.
When the Japanese military invaded China in 1937, the American public again began to feel uneasy having a population of about 120,000 people of Japanese origin living on the West Coast. And when Pearl Harbor ensued, it solidified people's fears and prejudices. Immediately after the news of Pearl Harbor, men without citizenship were hauled off by the FBI and sent to mock trails of espionage. Bank accounts were frozen for their families. They were required to turn in all items that were considered a danger to society such as short wave radios, guns, knives, and binoculars. A curfew was imposed. The Chinese had to wear a tag that stated they were NOT Japanese. Rumors plagued the media which insinuated espionage up and down the coast line.
Then on February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed executive Order 9066 which allowed local military commanders to designate "military areas" as "exclusion zones," from which "any or all persons may be excluded." This power was used to declare that all people of Japanese ancestry were excluded from the entire Pacific coast, including all of California and most of Oregon and Washington. Thus the evacuation began and placed all people who had Japanese blood into internment camps, including those with only one sixteenth.
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∙ 11y agoAmericans had a lot of rasicst opinions on the Japanese. They put them in the interment camps because the US felt the Japanese "posed a threat" and they were also afraid of Japanese spys.
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∙ 12y agoThey were in internment camps because of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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∙ 15y agoTheir loyalty was questioned.
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Why were Japanese Americans forced to move to internment camps in the West?
The internments were motivated by the fear of covert Japanese attacks on the mainland United States, and by outbreaks of public hostility toward Japanese-Americans.
What reason was given or the internment of Japanese Americans?
There were internement camps because Americans were afraid there were Japanese American's were spying for the Japanese so all Japanese even innocent people were forced into camps just because they were from a similar spectrum of background as the pilots who had bombed Pearl Harbor.
Why were Japanese Americans in Hawaii not forced to go to interment camps?
Japanese American in Hawaii were not forced into internment camps following WWII because Hawaii in the 40's did not seem that important to the states. The government was more worried about the main land.
What did the Japanese Americans bring to the internment camps?
Because of Pearl Harbor.
With what crimes were the Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps charged?
none
What camps were Japanese-Americans forced into during WW2?
Internment camps
How many Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps?
See website: Japanese-American internment
What was the effects of the internment of Japanese Americans?
Japanese Americans had to be forced out from their homes, cities and businesses and sent to relocation camps.
Who forced Japanese Americans to move to internment camps?
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.
Was the Japanese happy about the internment camps?
No, the Japanese- Americans were not happy about the internment camps in WW2.
US minority forced into concentration camps during World War 2?
Presumably this refers to Japanese-Americans who were forced into internment camps.
How were Japanese-Americans separated from the outside world when they were in internment camps?
See website: Japanese-American internment camps.
What was the effects on the Japanese internment?
The effects on the internment of Japanese-Americans was negative psychologically. Shock and fear plagued the Japanese-Americans as a result of the internment camps.
Who were main victims in Japanese internment?
Inherently, Japanese Americans were the main victims of the internment camps.
Where were many Japanese Americans forced to live during world war 2?
All of the above. Apex
Why were the Japanese-Americans in Hawaii not subject to internment camps?
They were.
Ways Japanese internment camps could have been avoided?
Japanese Internment camps were never a necessity. Based on a few Japanese people who hid a Japanese pilot, the entire population of Japanese Americans were convicted without a jury. Yet, Japanese Americans still continued to join the army, and go to fight for their country while their families were forced to live in internment camps. Historians agree this was a very dark time in American history.
