The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who had lived on the Pacific coast. Sixty-two percent of the internees were United States citizens. This particular case took place due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the suspicion of the American people. There is however a rising question to the internment of these people. What is the true cause of their relocation? Some would say to keep the American people safe and ensure spies don 't tell of our plans. However, there are those who believe it was pure racism. Instead of relocating the japanese immigrants, America ordered the evacuation of all Japanese people living in the west coast. Imagine what it would be like if you had to move your …show more content…
How would you feel? For the Japanese Americans who were forced into internment, it was a nightmare that was made them feel helpless. Once an exclusion order was issued, Japanese Americans were given one week in which to register with the authorities, gather whatever possessions they could carry, and report to an assembly center nearby. The evacuees were made to sell their houses and their property. Racetracks and fairgrounds were used while they waited to be transported to their assigned internment camps. Throughout the war, interned Japanese Americans protested against their treatment and insisted that they be recognized as loyal Americans. Many sought to demonstrate their loyalty by trying to enlist in the armed forces. Although early in the war Japanese Americans were barred from military service, by 1943 the army had begun actively recruiting to join new all-Japanese American. These men however were usually put in the first lines of war and were usually killed
Japanese Internment Camps during World War II: The Study on the Impact of Marginalization During World War II and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were marginalized in the United States. Many were uprooted from their homes, sent to internment camps, and seen as threats by being spies. “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka expresses how the alienation of Japanese Americans impacted a Japanese American family through their experiences. The father is put in a prison camp and separated from the rest of the family before the daughter, son, and mother are sent to an internment camp. Otsuka highlights the impact of the girl’s marginalization in the United States using many figurative devices.
After 3 years of life at internment camps, they were out. They return to their homes after all the time. Forty years later, 100,000 Japanese Americans get payed $20,000 as an apologize. Nowadays, Japanese Internment camps are very sad.
As opposed to righteous view that America was safeguarding its position in the war, the Japanese American internments were created out of resentment and racial prejudice fostered by other Americans. As the article “Personal Justice Denied” stated, the internments were led by “widespread ignorance of Japanese Americans contributed to a policy conceived in haste and executed in an atmosphere of fear and anger at Japan” (Doc E, 1983). It may seem like a precautionary cause to make internments but there aren’t any other extreme measures for other fronts. Caused by a hatred stirred by media and society’s view, many people disdain the Japanese.
There was profound racism against the American Japanese both from the society and some government policies. White farmers in the West Coast were highly prejudicial against their Japanese counterparts and the attack on Pearl Harbor offered them an opportunity to condemn and take away the farms owned by people of Japanese descent. Such groups instigated and fully supported the internment camps to enable them reach their objectives.(Trowbridge, 2016) After receiving contradictory advice and popular opinion, President Roosevelt signed an executive order in February 1942 authoritatively mandating the Relocation of all Americans of Japanese ancestry to what would become known as Internment Camps in the interior of the United States. Evacuation orders were posted in JAPANESE-AMERICAN communities giving instructions on how to comply with the executive order.
“The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States was the forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast in camps in the interior of the country.” (Crawford 1). After the attack, the government felt threatened by the Japanese. Therefore, they could not trust any, even the ones living in the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps or military camps where they were not allowed to leave.
If I was alive during the 1940’s when the Japanese-American Internment happened, I would be really shocked, but obviously more scared. Honestly, I would have tried to get my family together and tried to live our lives low key. There really much, me as a teenager, would be able to do. I just be hoping that if one day, I had a friend sent to an internment camp, that they would be safe and live for longer years. If I saw or heard that one of my close friends were sent to an internment camp and I would never see them again, I would be really depressed and most likely tear up.
These guys felt the blunt force of discrimination during this time. Japanese-Americans were forced into one of ten permanent camps. This was the result of Executive Order 9066 and Pearl Harbor. These camps were given the name internment camps. The point of internment was to test the loyalty of the Japanese-Americans.
Jayna Marie Lorenzo May 23, 2023 Historiography Paper Professor Kevin Murphy Historiography Final: Japanese Internment “A date which will live in infamy,” announced President Roosevelt during a press conference after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Due to the military threat by the Japanese on the West Coast, on February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, ordering for the incarceration of all people of Japanese descent. The Order forced about 120,000 Japanese Americans into relocation centers across the United States where they remained in captivity until the war ended.
Imagine being forced out of your home, your business, and your community, all because of your ethnicity. This was the reality for Japanese Americans during World War II. Throughout the duration of the United States’ entry into World War II, Japanese Americans were unfairly treated and sent to internment camps by the United States. Some argue that it may have been due to concerns about national security threats or economic issues including land and business ownership. However, none of these were the main reason.
They were told about the Japanese spies and since it was World War II, the citizens were in a panic. But, the internment camps were not for the best. It affected many Japanese Americans negatively, and ruined businesses and lives. The internment of the Japanese American citizens forced the relocation and incarceration of about 120,000 people.
There are many reasons that the Japanese internment was caused and could have been prevented. One of the ways that it was caused because of pearl harbor and that everyone thought it was impossible for the Japanese to strike, which then caused American residents scared that they will strike again. One way that they could have prevented it is by having a Military ready to defend their territory (Hawaii wasn't a state by then it was a territory). One thing that causes conflict is bad communication, one way the conflict was caused in the Japanese internment is that the American citizens assumed that Japanese Americans were bad people even though someone related to them were from Japan so they are considered American citizens but have Japanese in
Looking at the “alternatives” we see a variety of more simplified options. Looking at the options it seems strange that the choice of internment was made. The Law enforcement option was the Isai (Japanese immigrants to the United states) and Nisei (Japanese Americans born in the United States), secondly limit travel visas into or out of the United States, limit the geography the Isai and Nisei could go, and take away work from those who were acting questionably. Domestic exclusion zones were also put up for debate which would exclude Isai or Nisei from working on or near military bases, war manufacturing companies, and away from coast lines or boarders. Mass deportation was an option for non-citizens but due to the high expense it was not an economically feasible option at the time.
The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII was not justified. After Pearl Harbor, many Americans were scared of the Japanese Americans because they could sabotage the U.S. military. To try and solve the fear President Franklin D Roosevelt told the army in Executive order 9066 to relocate all Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. They were relocated to detention centers in the desert. Many of them were in the detention centers for three years.
Lera Ramsay Hour 5 District Performance Event The year 1939 wasn’t a good year for anyone. In 1939, France and England declared war on the Axis Powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan, starting World War II. During this time Nazi Concentration Camps formed under Hitler’s command and Japanese Internment Camps formed in America.
Furthermore, the United States should do more to compensate the families of those impacted by internment because the recompense provided initially was minimal and should be considered an affront to the memory of the victims. Prior to World War II, the 127,000 Japanese-Americans along America’s west coast (Japanese American Relocation and Internment Camps) were considered just another immigrant group coming to America searching for a better life. However, with the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, this perception soon saw a drastic change. The attack on the US Naval base on December 7th, 1941 left many casualties in its wake.