president Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the action as amilitary necessity
During World War II, Japanese Americans were treated extremely unfairly. Specifically, President Roosevelt signed an executive order which called for all Japanese Americans in the US to be rounded up and moved into camps.
They were no threat to the United States.You would have needed to include the choices for the best description of the the Japanese Americans. I can tell you this: They were loyal Americans being treated unconstitutionally and unfairly. They were interned in deplorable conditions. Their sons fought in the war. They were good and wonderful people who worked hard and had good businesses. They were robbed of their livelihoods and homes. They were not reimbursed for their homes and businesses and farms. It was one of the worst travesties to ever happen in our country (like what happened to the Native Americans). They were not even allowed to be citizens unless they were born here.
Interned Japanese Americans faced harsh living conditions characterized by overcrowded and poorly constructed barracks, inadequate sanitation, and limited access to medical care. Families were often separated, and they endured a lack of privacy and personal freedom. Furthermore, the psychological impact of imprisonment, stigma, and loss of property added to their suffering during this period of unjust internment. Overall, the experience was marked by significant hardship and emotional distress.
During World War II many Japanese Americans were placed into camps within the United States. During their stay within these camps the government at the time - decided to draft the individuals within the camp. As much as 9/10 Japanese Americans refused the draft. The Anti War Sentiment was very strong within the student populations, and with the interned Japanese Americans.
Thousands of Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II primarily due to widespread fear and suspicion following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The U.S. government, influenced by racial prejudice and concerns about loyalty to Japan, deemed Japanese-Americans a potential security threat, despite the absence of evidence supporting such fears. As a result, approximately 120,000 individuals, many of whom were U.S. citizens, were forcibly relocated to internment camps under Executive Order 9066. This decision has since been recognized as a grave injustice and a violation of civil liberties.
Japanese-Americans .
They were interned.
No. Ike was not president when the Japanese-Americans were interned: Franklin Roosevelt was, and he did authorize it. He also authorized interning German-Americans and Italian-Americans - many in Montana, and many in Texas. I do not know why we do not hear about these interned citizens.
Japanese Americans and Canadians were put interned due to fears by the government that they would spy for their homeland.
Becuase thier yellow
Only 62% per wikipedia
Japanese Americans living on the west coast of the US were interned for the duration of the war. There was mass hysteria about their supposed lack of loyalty. Strangely enough Japanese Americans in the Hawaiian Islands were not interred.
Of the approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans who were relocated to internment camps during World War 2, 62% of them were American citizens. Half of those interned were children.
The U.S government believe they were spies sent by the Japanese to disrupt the war effort
They had no choice. If they resisted they would be arrested and interned anyway.
During World War II, Japanese Americans were treated extremely unfairly. Specifically, President Roosevelt signed an executive order which called for all Japanese Americans in the US to be rounded up and moved into camps.
It was confiscated by the government and auctioned to whites, usually at very low prices.