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Good Morning/Afternoon

Good Morning/Afternoon. 3-15-07 Warm-up Where were you born (city, state, country)? Where do you live now (city, state, country)? To which place do you feel more loyalty? Why?

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Good Morning/Afternoon

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  1. Good Morning/Afternoon • 3-15-07 • Warm-up • Where were you born (city, state, country)? • Where do you live now (city, state, country)? • To which place do you feel more loyalty? Why? • How do you think people who were born in countries like Germany, Japan, and Italy, but had moved to and become citizens of the United States, felt during World War II? Why?

  2. Critical Thinking Question A: What would you advise the President to do? Why? Explain the Pros and Cons of choices A, B, C, D, and E in your notebook. Once done share with your group.

  3. In the first years of the war the FBI arrested and jailed thousands of Italians, Germans, and Japanese suspected of being a threat. Protect defense plants, ports, and military bases. Boats, radios, cameras, and weapons were confiscated from Italians, Germans, and Japanese. Established curfews 6,000 Germans were taken into custody.

  4. February 19, 1942, FDR signed Executive Order 9066: The law stated that all Japanese, regardless of citizenship, age, gender, place of birth, or pronouncements of loyalty, were taken into custody and interned

  5. Critical Thinking Question B: You are a member of a congressional committee investigating the Japanese internment during World War II. What is your assessment of how executive Order 9066 was carried out? Why? Defend one opinion A-C

  6. How the US Responded America was divided in their judgment about internment. Assistant Secretary of War praised the speed and humanity which the government used. 1944- Ansel Adams, a famous photographer authored a book, Born Free and Equal, with pictures pf the internment in Manzanar located in the desert in Eastern California.

  7. Critical Thinking Question C: You are a member of Congress in 1988. What is your opinion of the proposal for a formal apology and reparation payments Why?

  8. Japanese Internment Questions • 1. Was the decision to intern Japanese a military necessity? If not, was it justifiable for a reason besides military necessity? • 2. Why do you think Japanese were singled out for internment? • 3. How could Executive Order 9066 have been carried out differently in order to lessen the hardship placed on Japanese Americans during World War II?

  9. 4. Do you think that the U.S. government’s decision to pay reparations and to apologize was the right thing to do? Why or why not?

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