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Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the US west coast were placed in internment camps on the claim that spies and sabatouers could be hiding among them.


Since Japanese and Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and in the US east of the Mississippi were not forced into camps, and since no American citizens of German or Italian descent were placed in internment camps, the actual reason is more likely related to racial stereotypes and anti-Japanese hysteria.

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Why were thousands of US citizens put in an internment camps during World War 2?

Fearing that Japanese living in the United States would help Japan, the government gathered up almost 120,000 Japanese-Americans and resident Japanese aliens and placed them in internment camps. Some people remained in the camps for over three years.


Why is Pearl Harbor significant to the internment camp experience?

The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour and the USA then set up internment camps for any Japanese living in the USA. The Japanese were put into internment camps as they were considered a threat to the country. Here in the UK they did the same thing with Italians and Germans living in the UK.


How did the attack on Pearl Harbor changed the relationship between Japanese Americans and the public as a whole?

After the bombing the Americans, thinking that the Japanese Americans could be spies, set up some mini camps and sent them there. So to simplify my answer the public had little to no interaction to the Japanese Americans after the bombing. The strange thing is, though, there were no camps in Hawaii during this event.


How many Americans were captured in the Philippines?

The Japanese set up prisoner of war camps in the Philippines between 1942 and 1945. It is estimated that as many as 20,000 Americans were interred there.


Were the Japanese Americans trusted after pearl harbor?

No, they were not because of the fact that the gov thought that any of them could have helped set up the attack and because the were of the same race. So not only did they not trust the Japanese they didn't trust anyone that looked Oriental.

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Pros and cons of the Japanese Internment Camps?

Japanese internment camps were set up in the USA in WW2 to contain Japanese Americans. An obvious con of the camps were that they infringed on the rights of innocent American citizens. A pro is that they kept non Japanese Americans from panicking.


Internment camps were set up for Japanese Americans?

because many Americans feared that Japanese American were spies


Why were thousands of US citizens put in an internment camps during World War 2?

Fearing that Japanese living in the United States would help Japan, the government gathered up almost 120,000 Japanese-Americans and resident Japanese aliens and placed them in internment camps. Some people remained in the camps for over three years.


Interment camps were set up for Japanese American?

Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the US west coast were placed in internment camps on the claim that spies and sabatouers could be hiding among them. Since Japanese and Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and in the US east of the Mississippi were not forced into camps, and since no American citizens of German or Italian descent were placed in internment camps, the actual reason is more likely related to racial stereotypes and anti-Japanese hysteria.Read more: Why_were_Internment_camps_set_up_for_Japanese_Americans


Were Japanese forced to live in internment camps?

Yes it is true. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President FDR issued Executive Order 9066 which lead to the relocation of thousands of Japanese-Americans to internment camps. Though not as harsh as concentration camps set up by the Germans, people died and living conditions were rough.


Why is Pearl Harbor significant to the internment camp experience?

The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour and the USA then set up internment camps for any Japanese living in the USA. The Japanese were put into internment camps as they were considered a threat to the country. Here in the UK they did the same thing with Italians and Germans living in the UK.


Why did the American government set up Japanese internment camps?

There was a fear that Japanese/Americans, even second or third generation, would act as an internal threat to America during the second World War with Japan.


What US policies violated the constitutional rights of citizens during World War 2?

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.


What U.S. policies violated the constitutional rights of some citizens during World War 2?

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.


How did the attack on Pearl Harbor changed the relationship between Japanese Americans and the public as a whole?

After the bombing the Americans, thinking that the Japanese Americans could be spies, set up some mini camps and sent them there. So to simplify my answer the public had little to no interaction to the Japanese Americans after the bombing. The strange thing is, though, there were no camps in Hawaii during this event.


How many Americans were captured in the Philippines?

The Japanese set up prisoner of war camps in the Philippines between 1942 and 1945. It is estimated that as many as 20,000 Americans were interred there.


Were the Japanese Americans trusted after pearl harbor?

No, they were not because of the fact that the gov thought that any of them could have helped set up the attack and because the were of the same race. So not only did they not trust the Japanese they didn't trust anyone that looked Oriental.