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Q: Why were Japanese Americans held in intermment camps?
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Why were Japanese Americans held imternment camps?

There was a fear in America that amongst the Japanese Americans there could be spies and saboteurs.


What were the Camps that Japanese Americans were held captive in at the orders of Franklin D. Roosevelt?

internment camps


What were the camps that held Japanese Americans during World War 2 called?

Ones with lots of torture


What group were held in internment camps in the us during world war 11?

Japanese-Americans.


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.


Why were the Japanese Americans held in relocation camps during World War 2?

Because the U.S. government thought that some of them might be spies.


Where were Japanese Americans held in internment camps?

They are located in the United States


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.


Why were Japanese-Americans placed in Internment Camps in World War 2?

because we thought that they could have been spy's so we held them there until we figured out what to do.


What are Japanese Americans forced to do before being sent to an internment camp?

Japanese Americans were forced to sell or abandon their homes, businesses, and possessions before being sent to internment camps during World War II. They were also required to report to assembly centers where they were temporarily held before being transported to the camps.


How many german-americans were detained in camps during World War 2?

A little over 100,000 Japanese were held in internment camps.


Who held the Japanese Americans in camps in 1942?

Both the US and Canadian governments excluded those of Japanese ancestry from the areas of the Pacific coast. In many cases they were interned in isolated camps for up to three years during World War II. While not concentration camps, they were definitely not comfortable for the internees, most of whom were American citizens although the children of Japanese immigrants.