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Farwell to Manzanar

Farwell to Manzanar. Story of the Japanese Internment Camp. What happened?. After the Pearl Harbor Attack…a fear of spying and secret loyalty emerged… About 120,000 1 st & 2 nd generation Japanese-American were relocated into TEN internment camps located in the Western United States

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Farwell to Manzanar

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  1. Farwell to Manzanar Story of the Japanese Internment Camp

  2. What happened? • After the Pearl Harbor Attack…a fear of spying and secret loyalty emerged… • About 120,000 1st & 2nd generation Japanese-American were relocated into TEN internment camps located in the Western United States • Called Executive Order 9066 signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

  3. List of internment camps • Gila River War Relocation Center, Arizona • Granada War Relocation Center, Colorado (AKA "Amache") • Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, Wyoming • Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas • Manzanar War Relocation Center, California • Minidoka War Relocation Center, Idaho • Poston War Relocation Center, Arizona • Rohwer War Relocation Center, Arkansas • Topaz War Relocation Center, Utah • Tule Lake War Relocation Center, California

  4. SINCE THEN… • Redress Movement • Only 1 Public Official Apologized • Marched with the Civil Rights Movement • Reparations • On September 27, 1992, the Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992, appropriating an additional $400 million to ensure all remaining internees received their $20,000 redress payments, was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush, who also issued another formal apology from the U.S. government.

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