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The United States government evacuated Japanese American citizens to 'camps' further inland due to the fact that they believed that some of the Japanese American citizens were spying on American military facilities, such as shipping yards. It it interesting to note that German citizens on the east-coast were not evacuated further inland. Some historians today believe it may have been due to racism to Asians.

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