America thought the japanease people in America were spies
Short Answer: The American Government & many Americans did not trust the loyality of these people, especially those living on the west coast.
The Japanese were peaceful in the interment camps but they suffered tremendously.
Japanese internment camps were meant to house any Japanese Americans whom "posed a threat" to the American Government or people during WWII. Though this sounds innocent, the Americans took total liberty in putting any Japanese they could get there hands on in there.
They were called interment camps. They were crude and pretty spartan in their facilities. Many had health problems as a result.
The Americans thought the Japanese-Americans were in contact with the Japanese that planned the pearl harbor attack so they had them sent to interment camps but in actuallity the Japanese-Americans weren't in contact with Japan at all (maybe family) but not the military so they were sent without being able to testify or prove their innocense before being sent unfairly.
After the event of Pearl Harbor, Americans felt threatened by the Japanese-Americans. The Americans thought the Japanese-Americans on the East coast had contact with their kind in Japan and that they should cut that conact. They immedietly started moving all Japanese-Americans to interment camps all over, but left them the choice of either going to the camps, or going to Japan. Not many moved back to Japan, feeling defient and angry. The Japanese-Americans lived in their camp for under ten years, and then where allowed to leave.
Americans of Japanese ancestry was no longer questioned.
No most were locked in interment camps.
After Pearl Harbor the Japanese Americans were rounded up and put into interment camps. They lost businesses, farms, and homes.
its because they were stupid and no one love then let alone liked them and they werent trusted on which side they were on. so thats why they were sent to interment camps. peace poopy sniffers.
The Japanese were peaceful in the interment camps but they suffered tremendously.
Internment Camps were camps created by the United States government to house Japanese-Americans during the Second World War. Japanese-Americans were removed from their homes and forced into camps, for the government feared some were spies for the Japanese Empire.
They should not have sent the Japanese Americans to internment camps because more than 60% of them were regular US. citizens and the US government broke the 4th and the 14th amendment of constitution.
Japanese internment camps were meant to house any Japanese Americans whom "posed a threat" to the American Government or people during WWII. Though this sounds innocent, the Americans took total liberty in putting any Japanese they could get there hands on in there.
Teddy Roosevelt who thought of the interment camps for the Japanese-Americans and he (might) ask some or more builders and few soldiers to build and scout for building the internment camps.
They were called interment camps. They were crude and pretty spartan in their facilities. Many had health problems as a result.
The SS anfd Todt Organization (Engineers) built concentration camps in Europe for Jews The Army Corps of Engineers built internment camps for Japanese Americans in the southwestern US
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