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Executive Order 9066 Upon hearing of a strange new far away land with endless opportunities, many lower class Japanese left Japan in search of a better life. While the Japanese were searching for a better life they went through many difficult times and hardships; however, instead of pouting about it being difficult the Japanese came together and helped each other out. With discrimination and racism going on Japanese were never completely accepted in the U.S. and the Americans were suspicious and when the attack on Pearl Harbor happened, there was a lot of people against the Japanese Americans population; as a result, President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 which allow the military to come together and detain the Japanese Americans …show more content…

It was a struggle to overcome its racial, cultural, and religious differences around the 1940s in the United States. The Japanese American community was isolated. February 12, 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt caved the pressure and signed the Executive Order 9066. The U.S. forced Japanese to abandon millions of dollars in property. Americans bring normal to their life so they created newspaper, schools, markets, police forces, and firefighting squads. Others proved their loyalty and honor to their families. Eight hundred and more of Japanese Americans were K.I.A. (killed in action) by serving their country. During World War II honors those who endured humiliation and rose above adversity to their country. (National Park Service …show more content…

by the Japanese that precipitated of the U.S. into the World War II. The strike climax a decade of worsening relations between the U.S. and Japan. Japan continued to communicate with the U.S. up to the day of the Pearl Harbor attack. The commander in chief of Japan’s had planned the attack against the U.S. Pacific Fleet with good care. Japanese conquest of all of Southeast Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago would be open. (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2017) Executive Order 9066 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, initiating a controversial World War II policy with lasting consequences for Japanese Americans. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in 1941, Roosevelt came under pressure by the military to address the nation’s fears of further Japanese attack or sabotage, particularly on the West Coast where everything goes on at like commercial shipping. 9066 also affected Italian and German Americans. There is long-standing racism against Japanese Americans over on the West Coast. (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, n/d) Internment

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