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How many Japanese-Americans were sent to Internment camps during World War 2?
About 120000
How many Japanese-Canadians were sent to Internment camps during World War 2?
22,000 Candian Japanese were interned in camps in Canada. It is tragic. They were recompensed later.
How many Japanese Americans were sent to detention camps in America during WW2?
There were 110,000 - 120,000 sent to the camps during WW2.
Why did the japanes have to be sent away to camps?
They didn't. They were sent into camps because, during World War Two, America was scared that any Japanese Americans would be traitors and horribly imprisoned them.
Where did Japanese Americans spend World War 2?
Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II. This internment occurred even if they were no threat.
Where Japanese Americans were sent during world war 2?
During World War 2, Japanese Americans were sent to Department of Justice Internment Camps in Texas, Idaho, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Montana.There were three types of camps. Civilian Assembly Centers were temporary camps, frequently located at horse tracks, where the Nisei were sent as they were removed from their communities. Eventually, most were sent to Relocation Centers, also known as internment camps.Detention camps housed Nikkei considered to be disruptive or of special interest to the government.
What kind of camps where were Japanese Americans sent to during World War 2?
They were called interment camps. They were crude and pretty spartan in their facilities. Many had health problems as a result.
What led to the internment of the Japanese Americans during world war 2?
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.
Why were japaniese Americans sent to internment camps?
During World War II, anti-Japanese sentiment was high in the United States. Many Americans feared that these Japanese-Americans were spies for Japan. Everyone was afraid after the Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Most of the population believed that the Japanese-Americans could send inside information to the Japanese and allow for another attack on United States soil. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 to sent the Japanese to the camps. However, the Japanese weren't the only ones to be sent to Internment Camps by the United States. Some German-Americans and Italian-Americans were also sent to camps.
What was true about Japanese Americans in ww2?
Sadly there were 110,000 - 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to the internment camps during WW2.
What has the US done that is similar to the Nazi concentration camps?
During World War II, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the US declared war with Japan, the US sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps. The US did thisin order to prevent any Japanese-Americans from being able to support the Japanese during the war.Theese internment camps, unlike Nazi concentration camps, did not mass murder their inhabitants, and they had much better conditions than the Nazi camps, but they were similar to the Nazi concentration camps in other ways:The people sent there were sent there based on their race, not on any crimes they had committedThe people's homes and belongings were confiscated and they were forced to go to the camps without warningThe people's belongings were not returned to them when they were freed from the camps (although the US did later pay these Japanese-Americans some compensation).
What were the camps called when the japennese were sent to camps when they attacked the pearl harbor?
Japanese Internment Camps.
