How were Japanese-Americans affected by World War 2?

Answer 1

During World War 2, many Japanese-Americans were put into internment camps or "War Relocation Camps". Many of them were only allowed to take the clothes on their backs or had to pack so quickly that they were unprepared for life in the internment camps.

Many of them lost irreplaceable personal property, due to restrictions on what they could take into the camp and to theft and destruction of items that were placed in storage.

Many of them lost their property or their tenant farms, or had to sell their farms within a few days at a low price.
The Japanese were moved to high security surveillance camps where they were tracked constantly and kept away from the outside world for the American government feared that they were spies.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, racism was a huge part of United States history and Blacks were not the only race to suffer unequal and prejudicial treatment. Asian-Americans did not become accepted as "true Americans" until the mid-1960s. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, many Americans saw the Japanese-Americans as a fifth column. This meant that they viewed the Japanese-Americans as secret spies for Japan and inherently disloyal to the United States. Strangely, from a modern perspective, German-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Italian-Americans, who were much more vociferous opponents of US Military policy in World War II were not even considered for discriminatory treatment, showing that this boils down to racism and fear of Asians more than it does legitimate security concerns.

In order to deal with this perceived loyalty, the President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. This order was used to round up Japanese-Americans all along the Pacific coast (the largest area of Japanese-Americans in the United States) and place them in internment camps. In 1944, the US Supreme Court upheld the validity of the camps on the grounds of necessary military action. Surprisingly, the Japanese-American response was not to riot or protest, but to actively seek to assist the United States military in World War II. To "prevent" the Japanese-Americans from being in contact with other Japanese, most Japanese-American units were sent to the Italian Front, where some of them earned the highest amounts of commendations and medals. After the war, the Japanese-Americans were released from the camps without any property of money from which to make a living. However, many of them were resourceful and able to sustain themselves in the following decades.

In the 1980s, the US Federal Government admitted its wrongdoing and compensated every family that still had a surviving member from the internment camps for this violation of their civil liberties.

Answer 3

The treatment was absolutely very bad. After the United States entered World War II to fight against Japan after Pearl Harbor, more than 110000 people of Japanese ancestry who were living in the United Sates were interned- forced to move to guarded camps. Most were American Citizens who were loyal to their country that had done nothing wrong. When they were finally allowed to leave the internment camps, other people had taken over their homes and businesses, making the Japanese people lose their homes and businesses.

Answer 4

Since the Japanese had an Imperial Army at war for decades to expand their empire, and a strong military culture controlled the country, America was in fear of Japanese-American traitors.
All Japanese American citizens on the west coast of the US were locked up in internment camps (guarded living facilities in remote inland areas). Their businesses and homes were taken away and they were isolated until the end of the war. There were camps in Colorado, Oklahoma, and other militarily unimportant areas. The exceptions were the young men who volunteered for the army, who were sent to serve in a segregated unit fighting in Europe.

Decades later, the Japanese-Americans did receive apologizes from the US government and small cash reparations were paid to surviving internees. However, they had spent about 3 years of their lives in the camps, and only belatedly did the courts rule that their imprisonment was unconstitutional.

Answer 5

Unfortunately, racism was a huge part of United States history and Blacks were not the only race to suffer unequal and prejudicial treatment. Asian-Americans did not become accepted as "true Americans" until the mid-1960s. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, many Americans saw the Japanese-Americans as a fifth column. This meant that they viewed the Japanese-Americans as secret spies for Japan and inherently disloyal to the United States. Strangely, from a modern perspective, German-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Italian-Americans, who were much more vociferous opponents of US military policy in World War II were not even considered for discriminatory treatment, showing that this boils down to racism and fear of Asians more than it does legitimate security concerns.

In order to deal with this perceived loyalty, the President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. This order was used to round up Japanese-Americans all along the Pacific coast (the largest area of Japanese-Americans in the United States) and place them in internment camps. In 1944, the US Supreme Court upheld the validity of the camps on the grounds of necessary military action. Surprisingly, the Japanese-American response was not to riot or protest, but to actively seek to assist the United States military in World War II. To "prevent" the Japanese-Americans from being in contact with other Japanese, most Japanese-American units were sent to the Italian Front, where some of them earned the highest amounts of commendations and medals. After the war, the Japanese-Americans were released from the camps without any property of money from which to make a living. However, many of them were resourceful and able to sustain themselves in the following decades.

In the 1980s, the US Federal Government admitted its wrongdoing and compensated every family that still had a surviving member from the internment camps for this violation of their civil liberties.
Japanese Americans were compelled to enter into what were essentially concentration camps . ~ see related link below .
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Answer 6

Well, they were released from their internment camps & otherwise pretty much treated like Native Americans & other minority groups.

Answer 7

Japanese-Americans were forcibly relocated into what were , essentially , concentration camps .

Answer 8

They were allowed to return home (referring to WWII).

Answer 9

Usually quite poorly, but not always.