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Internment

Internment. The Attack on Pearl Harbor. Anti-Japanese Sentiment in U.S. The Internment Begins. Executive Order 9066 – On February 19, 1942, 2 ½ months after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt orders that all people of Japanese ancestry in the U.S. must be moved to military-controlled camps.

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Internment

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  1. Internment

  2. The Attack on Pearl Harbor

  3. Anti-Japanese Sentiment in U.S.

  4. The Internment Begins • Executive Order 9066 – On February 19, 1942, 2 ½ months after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt orders that all people of Japanese ancestry in the U.S. must be moved to military-controlled camps. • Law also applied to some Italian and German immigrants, but not nearly as many.

  5. Japanese on the Move • Japanese-Americans were rounded up from Washington state down through California, and even into Arizona. They were then relocated to the camps.

  6. Camps

  7. The Kids • Children were schooled and were, ironically, forced to say the Pledge of Allegiance each morning.

  8. Statistics • Over 120,000 Japanese-Americans were moved to the camps. • 2/3 of these people were American citizens who had no connection to the Empire of Japan whatsoever.

  9. Celebrities who were interned

  10. Aftermath • President Ford repealed the Executive Order in the 1970s, and President Carter would create a committee to look into the history of the law. • In 1988, President Reagan signed a law that would pay survivors of the internment $20,000 each as an apology of sorts.

  11. Assignment • “The worst thing about the camp was we felt we didn’t have a country. We didn’t know what we were, American or Japanese. We could have been very helpful in the defense work. Sitting in the camps like that didn’t do us any good.” • These words came from about 1942. Who do you think might have said them? • Can a government ever justify locking up some of its citizens even if they have committed no crime? Explain your answer as fully as possible in one clear paragraph.

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