This happened during World War II after the Japanese attacked the US base in Hawaii when Franklin Roosevelt was president.
The U.S. government put many Japanese Americans in internment camps
The government feared the japanese americans could not be trusted
The U.S. government policy of internment during World War II forcibly relocated approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans, primarily from the West Coast, to internment camps due to wartime fears of espionage and disloyalty. This led to significant loss of property, livelihoods, and community ties, as families were uprooted and held in harsh conditions. The internment caused long-lasting psychological and social repercussions for those affected, fostering stigma and discrimination against Japanese Americans. In 1988, the U.S. government formally acknowledged the injustice and offered reparations to survivors.
This was a case determining the constitutionality of putting Japanese Americans into "relocation" camps or internment camps. The Supreme Court decided that internment camps were constitutional because of military urgency, and that protection from espionage far outweighed Korematsu's (and thus all Japanese American's) individual rights.
The U.S. government justified Japanese internment during World War II primarily on the grounds of national security. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, officials argued that individuals of Japanese descent, particularly those on the West Coast, posed a potential threat due to their loyalty to Japan. This rationale was rooted in wartime hysteria and racial prejudice, leading to the forced relocation and incarceration of around 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens. In retrospect, these actions have been widely condemned as unjust and a violation of civil liberties.
The US government formally apologized for Japanese internment in 1990.
US Internment Camps during WW IIThe related link site will have a map of all the Japanese-American Internment camps in the United States during World War II.
Japanese americans..
Japanese-Americans.
During World War II, the US government, under Executive Order 9066, authorized the internment of Japanese Americans. Approximately 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry, including both US citizens and non-citizens, were forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to internment camps. The involvement included government officials, military personnel, and law enforcement authorities.
"Japanese-American internment" where US citizens sere forcibly relocated into what was euphemistically referred to as "War Relocation Camps" : Executive Order 9066 .
The effects on the internment of Japanese-Americans was negative psychologically. Shock and fear plagued the Japanese-Americans as a result of the internment camps.
What are the pros of the Japanese internment camps? to protect what the US saw as a 'threat' after pearl harbor was bombed
The US west Coast.
Thousands of Japanese-Americans were forced to live in Japanese internment camps in the U.S. There were really no benefits to the relocation and it proved to be the largest violations of civil liberties in American history.
Japanese Americans ~ see related link below .
The U.S. government put many Japanese Americans in internment camps