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Japanese Internment

Japanese Internment. Background. What was internment?. U.S. government’s decision to relocate and intern (keep within government boundaries) Japanese immigrants and Nisei, or U.S. citizens of Japanese descent. Camps were on the west coast, mostly in CA, OR, WA. Why?.

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Japanese Internment

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  1. Japanese Internment Background

  2. What was internment? • U.S. government’s decision to relocate and intern (keep within government boundaries) Japanese immigrants and Nisei, or U.S. citizens of Japanese descent. • Camps were on the west coast, mostly in CA, OR, WA

  3. Why? • Pearl Harbor caused fear of Japanese spies • Local governments put pressure on Roosevelt to relocate Japanese/Japanese Americans to inland areas • Some argued that relocation would protect Japanese/Japanese Americans from violence and acts of revenge

  4. What established internment? • February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066; ordered relocation of Japanese immigrants and American citizens of Japanese decent. • Affected 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry • More than two-thirds of those were citizens, and none had ever shown any disloyalty.

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