They lost almost everything they onwned. They were only allowed to keep whatever they could fit into a small bag (backpack).
The internments were motivated by the fear of covert Japanese attacks on the mainland United States, and by outbreaks of public hostility toward Japanese-Americans.
There were internement camps because Americans were afraid there were Japanese American's were spying for the Japanese so all Japanese even innocent people were forced into camps just because they were from a similar spectrum of background as the pilots who had bombed Pearl Harbor.
Japanese American in Hawaii were not forced into internment camps following WWII because Hawaii in the 40's did not seem that important to the states. The government was more worried about the main land.
The Japanese were unconstitutionally and unfairly interned in internment camps around the USA. Canadian Japanese had the same thing happen to them. I have added some links below for you so you can see on a map were the internment camps were and the names of them. I added Canada too for you in case you are doing a research paper.
Non-Japanese and Japanese Americans were brought to Manzanar during World War II primarily due to Executive Order 9066, which authorized the internment of Japanese Americans in response to wartime fears of espionage and sabotage. This led to the forced relocation of about 120,000 individuals, the majority of whom were U.S. citizens. Non-Japanese individuals, including some Japanese allies and administrative staff, were also present in the camp for various reasons, including managing the internment process and providing support services. The internment experience at Manzanar highlighted the broader issues of civil rights and racial discrimination in the United States during that era.
See website: Japanese-American internment
It was the forced relocation by the US of the Japanese Americans~Sarah
Internment camps
Japanese Americans had to be forced out from their homes, cities and businesses and sent to relocation camps.
FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) signed a executive order that would put the Japanese Americans (most were loyal to the US, actually) in the internment camps.
Presumably this refers to Japanese-Americans who were forced into internment camps.
The internments were motivated by the fear of covert Japanese attacks on the mainland United States, and by outbreaks of public hostility toward Japanese-Americans.
All of the above. Apex
"Japanese-American internment" where US citizens sere forcibly relocated into what was euphemistically referred to as "War Relocation Camps" : Executive Order 9066 .
Japanese Americans were forced to sell or abandon their homes, businesses, and possessions before being sent to internment camps during World War II. They were also required to report to assembly centers where they were temporarily held before being transported to the camps.
Japanese internment camps in the United States began shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The U.S. government, fearing espionage and sabotage, authorized the internment of Japanese Americans in early 1942, with the first camps opening in March of that year. The internment policy led to the forced relocation and incarceration of around 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens.
Japanese Internment camps were never a necessity. Based on a few Japanese people who hid a Japanese pilot, the entire population of Japanese Americans were convicted without a jury. Yet, Japanese Americans still continued to join the army, and go to fight for their country while their families were forced to live in internment camps. Historians agree this was a very dark time in American history.