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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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What factors lead to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War 2?

Distrust and racism led to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War 2. Even families that had lived in the United States for generations were sent to camps.


What date did Japanese internment camp start?

"Some 120,313 persons of Japanese descent came under the custody of the WRA (War Relocation Authority) between May 8, 1942 (the date Colorado River Relocation Center opened which is also called the Poston Relocation Center, and March 20, 1945 (the date Tule Lake closed). Available online: http://relocationarchives.org/showdoc.php?docid=00002&search_id=29709&pagenum=17 Original Source: "The Evacuated People A Quantitative Description". United States Department of the Interior, J.A. Krug, Secretary; War Relocation Authority, D. S. Meyer, Director.


What year did Japanese Americans relocate?

It took place during the spring and summer of 1942 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States Government moved of 110,000 people of Japanese descent (both American-born and alien Japanese) from their homes in an area bordering the Pacific coast into 10 wartime communities constructed in remote areas between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Mississippi River, called "War Relocation Camps". At the time, the invasion of the West Coast by Japan seemed a possibility. The Western Defense Command of the United States Army decided that the military situation required this.


Are nisei japanese americans who were born during world war 2?

No, nisei are the first generation of children born to Japanese immigrants to America. They are American born and therefore citizens. Their parents are isei, born in Japan and moved to America, where they had children who were the nisei. There had never been large numbers of Japanese immigrants in America. There was a quota of how many people from each country would be admitted to the US, and the quota for all Asian nations was very low. There were probably some third-generation Japanese-Americans by the time of WWII. Many nisei were old enough to serve in the US military during WWII, and did so with great bravery and distinction, in many cases even while their families were still in the internment camps.


What do young Japanese people like?

Other young Japanese people.

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What is a sentence with the word relocation?

Jewish people had to go through relocation during the Holocaust.


How many Japanese people are there in America?

There are about 60,000 Japanese people in North America.


When were Japanese Americans sent to Relocation Camps?

The reason relocation for Japanese Americans was put to use. Was due to the fact of the bombing Pearl Harbor. The American people were so stereotypical that they thought all Japanese people were linked to the attack on Pearl Harbor. They were taken to places almost like the concentration camps in Germany. But these relocation camps were meant for holding people until the war with Japan was over. Not for exterminating a race from existence.


How did the Supreme Court view the relocation camps of Japanese Americans during World War 2?

The Supreme Court decided that with the West Coast vulnerable to attack by Japan, the president was within his rights to declare the people of Japanese ancestry might pose a threat to internal security; thus the relocation order was upheld. Even though: No Japanese American was ever found guilty of espionage or sabotage.


What were the Japanese people able to take with them to the relocation camps?

they were allowed to bring themselves as well as a whole but load of fun


How can I find the names of the Japanese people that were put in internment camps during world war 2?

There isn't a consolidated online resource for finding the identities of Japanese people placed in internment camps. One would have to inquire with the Department of Justice or search through records of the War Relocation Authority.


Why were Japanese-Americans placed in random relocation camps?

The American government placed people of Japanese descent into internment camps for fear that they would be succeptible to acts of espionage.


America rasict against Japanese people?

No way Americans love Japanese people.


What are Japanese American interment camps?

Japanese internment camps were meant to house any Japanese Americans whom "posed a threat" to the American Government or people during WWII. Though this sounds innocent, the Americans took total liberty in putting any Japanese they could get there hands on in there.


What are Japanese-Americans born in America during World War 2 called?

Japs or Japanese because we didn't want them to be part of our country but some people called them Japanese-Americans or just Americans.


What factors lead to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War 2?

Distrust and racism led to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War 2. Even families that had lived in the United States for generations were sent to camps.


Did the Japanese people bring origami to America?

no