It was feared that they would be loyal to Japan, rather than the United States; and aid Japan as spies and saboteurs again the American war effort.
In fact the vast majority of Japanese Americans actually favoured the American cause.
Japanese Americans living in the U.S. and Hawaii.
Sadly there were 110,000 - 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to the internment camps during WW2.
Either live in the Japanese Concentration/Internment camps or fight in Europe.
How were civil liberties denied Japanese Americans during World War II.
Of the approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans who were relocated to internment camps during World War 2, 62% of them were American citizens. Half of those interned were children.
Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II. This internment occurred even if they were no threat.
Internment camps
the Japanese Americans.
Americans were anti-Asian during WWII and the Korean War because of their association with 'the enemy.' Many Japanese were sent to internment camps during WWII because of this fear.
About 120,000 Japanese-Americans, 3/4 LOYAL Americans (Nisei).
Distrust and racism led to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War 2. Even families that had lived in the United States for generations were sent to camps.
Japanese Americans living in the U.S. and Hawaii.
Sadly there were 110,000 - 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to the internment camps during WW2.
The USA was worried about the Japanese-Americans on the coast supplying Japanese with information and helping the Japanese attack the USA in any way. So the USA put the Japanese-Americans in internment camps.
A Japanese internment camp was where Japanese and Japanese Americans were housed during World War II. Japanese Americans were stripped of their possessions and taken to camps with just the minimum needed to live. Even young children were taken.
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Japanese americans..