During World War II, the United States government established internment camps for Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. These camps, known as War Relocation Centers, were created to detain around 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens. Notable camps included Manzanar in California and Heart Mountain in Wyoming. The internment was later recognized as a violation of civil rights, leading to formal apologies and reparations for survivors.
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.
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.
because many Americans feared that Japanese American were spies
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.
People in Japanese internment camps in the United States were gradually released after World War II ended in 1945. The formal end of the internment came with the signing of Executive Order 9066's rescission in December 1944, which allowed for the closure of the camps. Most internees were fully released by the summer of 1945, although some camps remained open until early 1946.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
During World War II, the U.S. government established hundreds of internment camps to detain Japanese Americans, as well as some Italian and German Americans, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. This drastic measure was rooted in wartime fears of espionage and sabotage, despite the lack of evidence supporting such concerns. Approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in these camps, facing significant loss of property and livelihoods. The internment is now widely recognized as a grave injustice and violation of civil rights.
As much as I know there were no Concetraition Camps in Canada, that is a stupid quetion if I have ever heard one.AnswerThere were 26 Internment Camps established in Canada which held Japanese Italian and German Canadians. More than 30,000 were affected by these camps including 100 Canadian Communists. Forty Prisoner of War Camps were set up for 33,798 German and Italian POW's and 6,437 Civil Internees (mostly Merchant Marine).Please note Internment Camps and Concentration Camps are NOT the same thing. Canada not have concentration camps.Side note: the fact that you spelled question wrong leads me to doubt you. :D lol, jk, probably a mistake.