From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. Enacted in reaction to Pearl Harbor and the ensuing war, the Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century.
Japanese internment was obviously immoral, but internees did receive free health care (including free glasses and dentures if they needed them), were mostly treated humanely, and received decent portions of food daily.
About 120,000 Japanese-Americans, 3/4 LOYAL Americans (Nisei).
because many Americans feared that Japanese American were spies
US Internment Camps during WW IIThe related link site will have a map of all the Japanese-American Internment camps in the United States during World War II.
Japanese Americans were temporarily imprisoned in isolated locations
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there are 39 diffrent Japanese internment camps
The effects on the internment of Japanese-Americans was negative psychologically. Shock and fear plagued the Japanese-Americans as a result of the internment camps.
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No, the Japanese- Americans were not happy about the internment camps in WW2.
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The Japanese
Sadly there were 110,000 - 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to the internment camps during WW2.
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Inherently, Japanese Americans were the main victims of the internment camps.
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No. The Japanese Internment camps were not hurtful, they simply isolated the Japanese from the rest of the country.