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Japanese Internment Camps. What Happened?. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, many Americans became nervous about the Japanese-Americans living among them. They were scared that Japanese-Americans were going to rebel against America and join forces with Japan.
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What Happened? • When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, many Americans became nervous about the Japanese-Americans living among them. • They were scared that Japanese-Americans were going to rebel against America and join forces with Japan. • To keep the Japanese-Americans from doing anything, they placed them in internment camps across the country.
The internment camps were unlike the camps that Hitler established. • The official names of these camps were “War Relocation Camps” • They grew to be almost like towns-they had schools, sports, and business-like entities.
Many of the Japanese in the camps were American Citizens. • Life was not easy for the Japanese in the camps by any means-they wanted to be home, in their houses, going to work and school, and living the lives they had worked so hard for. • They were not given a choice, though, so most of them just tried to make the best of the situation.
Internment • What does this word mean? • To restrict, confine, or impound, especially during a war. • dictionary.com has this as the definition: • torestrict to or confine withinprescribedlimits, as prisoners ofwar,enemyaliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
