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The loyalty oath was controversial among Japanese-Americans mostly because they were asked to swear loyalty to a government that they did not necessarily support. This was a government that had already judged them because of their ancestry.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoduring the second world war the united states government cut off trade with Japan, which angered the japanese and eventually resulted in the japanese attack on pearl harbour (which sparked the united states's entry into the war)
the US government was concerned about japanese spies and generally discriminated against the japenes because of the attacks so the government put japanese americans in internment camps to confine them in case of spies.
(note that internment camps are not concentration camps)
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∙ 11y agoOne armed unit that fought in World War II was composed entirely of Japanese-Americans, and showed great valor fighting for the country they lived for. Many Japanese-Americans stepped forward to volunteer for an armed unit to be fighting against the Axis Powers. Fear that the Japanese-Americans would rebel was short-lived, and the Japanese-American unit became known.
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They were not "potentially" disloyal. Thousands WERE clearly and unquestionably disloyal, and the proof is that several thousand renounced their U.S. citizenship during the war and several thousand requested their own repatriation back to Japan. They were sent on the ship "Gripsholm" back to Japan, both during and immediately after the war. The 112,000 evacuees who were relocated out of the West Coast Defense Zone during the war emergency of February 1942 did, in fact, include thousands of people who were disloyal to the United States. It also included over 40,000 enemy aliens who were obviously NOT U.S. citizens. The "citizens" were anchor babies. It is also true that at least 6,000 Nisei (anchor babies) served in the Japanese Army and Navy directly, in service against the United States during the war. Professor Stephans' of the University of Hawaii has compiled a database of their names and documented war service. See his book "Hawaii Under the Rising Sun."
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Identify a group of Americans that was targeted as potentially disloyal in the years between 1940 and 1985?
I believe it would be the Japanese Americans. The reason being, WWII had occurred between 1039 to 1945. The years between 1940 and 1985.
What about Americans impressed the Japanese?
The Japanese were most impressed with the Americans because of their powerful ships and guns
What relations changed and how after the atomic bombing?
the Japanese and Americans because it happened to the Japanese and the Americans were the ones that did it .
Who received an apology and money from the federal government as a result of their internment during world war 2?
Japanese Americans living in the U.S. and Hawaii.
Why did the US government intern many Japanese Americans in relocation camps?
Americans thought Japanese Americans were helping japan during ww2
Identify a group of Americans that was targeted as potentially disloyal in the years between 1940 and 1985?
I believe it would be the Japanese Americans. The reason being, WWII had occurred between 1039 to 1945. The years between 1940 and 1985.
How did the US justify interning Japanese-Americans during World War 2?
Badly. Some of the military leaders in California were .... OK, racists, and decided that Japanese might be disloyal. After all, they might send signals to Japanese airplanes or saboteurs, right? So, many Japanese, and Americans of Japanese ancestry, were interned in rather unpleasant conditions away from the coast for the duration of the war. It's astonishing, therefore, that when the Army asked for Japanese to volunteer for service, that so many did, and served so heroically. The 442nd Regiment, composed almost entirely of Japanese-Americans, fought in Europe and were the most highly decorated unit in American history. As an interesting side-note, Japanese in Hawaii were not interned, even though Hawaii was far more densely populated with Japanese, and there were virtually no acts of sabotage or espionage among Japanese or Japanese-Americans.
What role did the military play in the Court's Decision in the Korematsu case?
The U.S. military's argued that the loyalties of some Japanese Americans resided not with the United States but with their ancestral country, and that because separating "the disloyal from the loyal" was a logistical impossibility, the internment order had to apply to all Japanese Americans within the restricted area. The Supreme Court Accepted the military's argument over the argument of Korematsu.
What is a name for a Japanese immigrant?
Japanese Americans is the correct name for Japanese Americans
Who are some Japanese Americans born in America?
Japanese Americans born in America are American citizens. The term Japanese Americans means that they are of Japanese decent but live in the US.
What is the prefix for loyal?
The prefix for loyal is disloyal
What is intered?
Japanese-Americans, German-Americans, and Italian-Americans.
What is a sentence for disloyal?
I couldn't believe that he could be disloyal to his best friend.He was hanged for being disloyal to his country.
What about Americans impressed the Japanese?
The Japanese were most impressed with the Americans because of their powerful ships and guns
What relations changed and how after the atomic bombing?
the Japanese and Americans because it happened to the Japanese and the Americans were the ones that did it .
Who received an apology and money from the federal government as a result of their internment during world war 2?
Japanese Americans living in the U.S. and Hawaii.
Why did the US government intern many Japanese Americans in relocation camps?
Americans thought Japanese Americans were helping japan during ww2
