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World War II The Home Front. Japanese Internment Introduction. Japanese Americans in the U.S. Japanese Americans West Coast - 200,000 (2/3 were Nisei) Feelings towards Japanese Americans Prejudice Pearl Harbor Fear of Japanese Americans Spies/Agents 5 th Column Newspapers role?.
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World War II The Home Front Japanese Internment Introduction
Japanese Americans in the U.S. • Japanese Americans • West Coast - 200,000 (2/3 were Nisei) • Feelings towards Japanese Americans • Prejudice • Pearl Harbor • Fear of Japanese Americans • Spies/Agents • 5th Column • Newspapers role?
Japanese Internment • Executive Order 9066 • Presidential authorization • Internment Camps • Area of confinement or isolation • Western Defense Command • Eight Western States • Military Zone? • War Relocation Authority • Moved internees & ran the camps
Internment Camp life Answer THINK Question #1