Americans of Japanese descent.
Japanese were interned in WW2 not WW1. German & Austria-Hungarian citizens were interned in WW1. German & Italian citizens were interned in WW2. It is a common international practice to intern the citizens of enemy nations during times of war. The real question was if American citizens of Japanese ancestry (or Japanese citizens with US 'green cards') should be interned by the American government because of the threat of disloyality. The US government believed that the Japanese-American population was more likely to be disloyal than the German-American or Italian-American population. Also these others were much too large to intern.
The case of Korematsu v. United States (1944) is significant as it upheld the government's decision to intern Japanese Americans during World War II, citing national security concerns. This ruling has been widely criticized for its endorsement of racial discrimination and the violation of civil liberties. It serves as a poignant reminder of the dangers of prejudice and the importance of safeguarding constitutional rights, particularly during times of crisis. The case is often referenced in discussions about civil rights and government overreach.
Deplorable and unconstitutional. The Japanese Americans were not spies nor were they the enemy of the Americans. They were not even allowed to be citizens. The only ones that were citizens were the ones born in the US. The leaders of the government overreacted. They wanted to intern the Germans and Italians but prominent people stopped them. No one spoke up for the Japanese however. The Supreme Court declared the internment unconstitutional and I totally agree. The leaders left them in the internment camps long after the war was over. Those wonderful people lost their homes and their possessions and the respect of the American people. They had nothing to do with the Japanese of Japan. The internment places were ramshackle, filthy, cold places with no furniture or adequate bathrooms. They suffered for years all due to the arrogant, racist American leaders and the general populous who did not rise up to stop the madness.
Over 200 People died. Its was a Very sad and horrid thing for America the Great to do! :( Lets NEVER do this again! According to documentary information on History Channel not many POW's taken by the Japanese came out alive and they were treated very badly. The Germans treated POW's better if they played by the rules. 2nd Answer: The question is, how many of those who died would have died, anyway, had they been left in their homes and hometowns? Certainly, a good number of them were sick to begin with, or were very old. In fact, the records of that time show that the Japanese, German, and Italian interns died at about the same rate as the rest of American people, and of the same things. The 82,000 Japanese interns that survived were paid $20,000 each for them or for their descendants to a total of $1.6 billion. Also, there was never an order to intern all Japanese Americans. The order was to keep them out of sensitive military areas, and areas where sabotage would be easy for them to accomplish. The Army interpreted the entire West coast as a sensitive area. Tens of thousands of Japanese Americans had to endure moving away from the sensitive areas. Those who refused were interned. Also, let's not forget the thousands of Italian and German Americans who were sent to internment camps, mostly in Montana and Texas!! In some ways, the prisoners of the Germans were treated worse than prisoners of Japan. On the other hand, some 20,000,000 Russian soldiers and civilians died in WWII, compared with 6 million German soldiers, a couple million Poles, at least 6,000,000 Jews, 407,000 Americans, and 387,000 from the United Kingdom. Heck, Stalin ordered millions upon millions of his own Russian countrymen executed. Only the countries of Iran and Turkey had fewer people killed in the war than the number of interned Japanese American who died of various non-war causes. For that matter, more Japanese American soldiers were killed while defending America than were lost in US Japanese internment camps. I honor them. The marvelous thing was the extremely LOW Japanese American intern death rate.
The United States government feared the Japanese Americans on the West coast could be spies, so they sent them inland so no military information could get to Japan.
Americans of Japanese descent.
Japanese Americans were placed in relocation camps during World War II primarily due to widespread fear and suspicion following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The U.S. government, influenced by racial prejudice and concerns about espionage, deemed it necessary to forcibly relocate and intern around 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens. This decision was later recognized as a grave injustice, leading to formal apologies and reparations in the decades that followed.
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The War Relocation Authority was created to intern Japanese Americans. It was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1944 in the case Korematsu v. US
There is no easy answer for this, however, I'll do the best I can. At the time following the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941), fear ran strong in America. The U.S. Government decided it was best to place all Japanese-Americans into Relocation Camps in the Southwestern United States. Executive Order 9066, issued by FDR, mandated this policy. One of the most notable camps in the Southwest was located in Poston, Arizona along the Colorado River.
The US policy to intern the Japanese Americans (Canadians did too) was unconstitutional. They did not release them even after the US Supreme Court determined it was unconstitutional for the US Government to set of the internment camps, take the Japanese Americans from their homes. They took their homes and businesses too and that was illegal. Some Japanese Americans have received paltry reparations for their illegal internment.
The US policy to intern the Japanese Americans (Canadians did too) was unconstitutional. They did not release them even after the US Supreme Court determined it was unconstitutional for the US Government to set of the internment camps, take the Japanese Americans from their homes. They took their homes and businesses too and that was illegal. Some Japanese Americans have received paltry reparations for their illegal internment.
The case that restricted Japanese Americans' rights during World War II was Korematsu v. United States (1944). In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to intern Japanese Americans in camps, citing national security concerns following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ruling has since been widely criticized for its endorsement of racial discrimination and violation of civil liberties. In later years, the decision was formally denounced, and the internment policy was recognized as unjust.
Japanese were interned in WW2 not WW1. German & Austria-Hungarian citizens were interned in WW1. German & Italian citizens were interned in WW2. It is a common international practice to intern the citizens of enemy nations during times of war. The real question was if American citizens of Japanese ancestry (or Japanese citizens with US 'green cards') should be interned by the American government because of the threat of disloyality. The US government believed that the Japanese-American population was more likely to be disloyal than the German-American or Italian-American population. Also these others were much too large to intern.
Japanese internment during World War II was primarily driven by wartime hysteria and racial prejudice following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The U.S. government, fueled by fears of espionage and sabotage, viewed Japanese Americans as potential threats, despite their loyalty to the country. Influential figures and media propagated stereotypes that painted Japanese Americans as disloyal, leading to the unjust decision to forcibly relocate and intern around 120,000 individuals, most of whom were U.S. citizens. This action was later acknowledged as a grave injustice, rooted in racism and the failure of political leadership.
The case that restricted Japanese Americans' rights during World War II by placing them in internment camps is C) Korematsu v. US. In this 1944 Supreme Court decision, the Court upheld the government's decision to intern Japanese Americans, citing national security concerns during wartime. This ruling has since been widely criticized for its endorsement of racial discrimination and the violation of civil liberties.