The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is considered to be one of the most significant violations of civil rights in American history.
Write about what you have learned about this event by including information to answer the following questions. Add your own additional thoughts and ideas as well.
What led to Roosevelt's decision to intern Japanese Americans? What was the response from the public? Did Americans feel safer this way?
What would life have been like in an internment camp? How did the Japanese Americans feel about this situation? How did this affect their view of America? How did this affect their ability to seek an education, get jobs, etc. after their internment?
What changes occurred in American law and civil rights as a result?
What else can you say about this time in history? What comparisons can you make to other times in history?
1. He decided to intern Japanese Americans because Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and as a result, Roosevelt decided to send all Japanese Americans to internment camps to be under supervision 24/7 by security because he was afraid that bombing would occur again.
ReplyDelete2. The public were very scared, and worried because they knew that they were going to be sent to internment camps, or shipped back. They were also frightened to go any internment camp because it's a new environment and they all knew that everything would be different.
3. Americans felt safer this way because they knew that there weren't any more Japanese in their neighborhoods and under surveillance, which made them think that they wouldn't get bombed any time soon.
4. Life would've been a lot harder because they were all used to their old homes and used to living in neighborhoods with different races (ex: Caucasian). It also would've been harder because they had to adapt to a new home.
5. Japanese American were terrified because like I said, they had to adapt to a new home and environment, as well as a new way of living. Like the story said, the Japanese had unclean and non-private latrines which made it hard to use the restroom. They also had a hard time living in a cramped and small home with a huge family.
6. This affected the view of America because it made some people rethink immigrating to America because of the bombing. It made some people too nervous to come, but for others it was a good thing to come because in some people's home countries, they have a bombing every week, but in America it only occurred once so far.
7. It affected their ability to seek education because they didn't have the same skills they had before going into the camps because after a prolonged period of time, people start to forget how study or do some things. The internment camps provided education, but not as complex or as important as the education provided in the schools outside of camp.
8. The changes that occurred made it hard for the Japanese to go onto evacuation trains, even if they were American citizens. Also during that time, Japanese men were taken to Fort Lincoln and questioned about what they do and their life to see if they can find out if they support or helped other Japanese with the bombing.
9. This time in history was a very major because it showed how much Japanese Americans were feared just because a group of careless Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It gave the Japanese Americans a title as The Bombers during that time. It showed how Japanese Americans were treated during that time of history.
10. A comparison to this major time in history would be World War I because there was a huge war that centered in Europe that began on July 28, 1914, and ended on November 11, 1918. During World War I a bunch of countries/states fought (ex: U.S.A, Belgium, Russian Empire, German Empire, British Empire, Empire of Japan, etc..). This is a comparison to the Pearl Harbor bombing because everyone got into war due to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary, which showed a relation. Pearl Harbor was bombed; Result= Internment camps, World War I; Result= assassination. Both started due to people's deaths.
-I think that the Japanese Americans shouldn't have been sent to internment camps because it wasn't fair at all to have white people not be sent to internment camps, but for Japanese Americans to be sent because of a couple of other Japanese that bombed Pearl Harbor. I think that Roosevelt should've just questioned all the adult Japanese Americans, like what happened at Fort Lincoln, but for all adults, not children. If they provided information that didn't have anything to do with the bombing, they could go, but if they included anything about it, they should be questioned by other interviewers, and to be held in jail for a specific period of time due to what they told the interviewers.
ReplyDelete-I also think that Japanese Americans could've had respect. For example, not call Japanese American "Japs". It wasn't a kind thing to call them, especially as human beings, just like everyone else. If the Japanese Americans didn't like the title of "Japs", then they shouldn't be called something they don't want to be called.
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Interesting, lengthy response, Omar! Don't forget to add your sources. You should also be aware that Pearl Harbor was not bombed by "a few careless Japanese" people. It was part of Japan's military strategy to invade the United States during WWII.
ReplyDeleteYea I just noticed that I wrote that! Thanks for pointing it out Khala Kim. It's just that the Japanese military's strategy wasn't very smart because what they did took all the Japanese Americans to internment camps.
DeleteMr. Roosevelt’s decision to intern Japanese Americans was caused by the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. People were becoming suspicious of the Japanese living around them and thought of them as the enemy just because they looked like Orientals. Many of the interned were in fact second generation Japanese, meaning they were citizens of America, However, that was no exception, all people of Japanese descent were to be sent to the camps.
ReplyDeleteThe internment camps were not easy to live in. The barracks were flimsy, and weren’t built well. They lived in desolate areas where the weather was extreme and the living conditions were harsh. The Japanese shared communal latrines, ate innutritious foods, and squeezed into tiny living quarters. To people with a very high regard for dignity and honor, it was a humiliation and a slap in the face. They were in a powerless position and couldn't change how they were being treated. The Japanese believed that this was unfair because they had to leave all they had ever known and taken into the middle of nowhere for no reason. They weren’t working for Japan, and hadn’t done anything wrong.
Their troubles also continued after internment. They couldn’t get their old homes or jobs back, so they worked in canneries or on farms while living in small cramped apartments. Family culture was destroyed and the camps had left a hole in their lives they couldn't fill.
After the camps were closed, it became unconstitutional to intern ethnic or racial groups. Nonetheless, Donald Trump, a presidential candidate wants to intern Muslims out of fear of our radicalization and extremism. Some have agreed with Trump, but others have recalled the effect of the interment on the Japanese and believe that history should not be repeated.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued the Executive Order of 9066 on February 19, 1942, giving the War Department authority to define military areas in the western states and to exclude from them anyone who might threaten the war effort. Roosevelt decided to intern Japanese Americans because since recently, on December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, he felt threatened and came to the conclusion that all Japanese Americans were to be detained in internment camps for the safety of America. He thought that any of them could have affiliations with the Japanese and could pose a major threat. He did not wish for bombing to occur again, so he took these precautions.
ReplyDeleteThe response of the public to the bombing was a lot of suspicion and racism towards Japanese Americans. They were frightened by this sudden bombing and felt a sense of fear because the bombers were Japanese, so they now thought of the Japanese Americans living around them as a threat, and that little to none of them were loyal to America. America had declared war with Japan the next day, and the Japanese Americans, many of whom were citizens, were looked at as enemies. As for the response of the Japanese, they were extremely shocked that this could happen and ruin their lives in America. They were discriminated against and gave up hope on America. The government evacuated them from their homes and forced them to live in internment camps, which were in desolate parts of the United States and had horrible living conditions. There were even barbed wire fences, and armed soldiers guarding these relocation centers. Although many were citizens, born and raised in the US, all of the Japanese living in America were interned in relocation camps as a result of the Pearl Harbor bombing.
Americans felt safer this way because they now thought of the Japanese people living around them as enemies, and now they were taken away and put into internment camps and under surveillance. They felt safer this way because there were no Japanese around them and they felt reassured that a bombing would not occur again.
The Japanese Americans must’ve felt terrified and betrayed that they could be looked at as an enemy in their own country, since many of them were citizens. It also would’ve been hard for them to adapt to this new setting; they were used to the homes they were living in before the internment and more used to being around other ethnicities as well as other Japanese. The condition of everything in the relocations camps they had to live in were horrible; cramped living quarters, unsanitary public latrines, and bad food. Large families were forced to live together in small, cramped barracks.
During the time the Japanese internment, Japanese Americans’ views on America had shifted. America was no longer a land of opportunity they had seeked to find, but a hostile place in which they were discriminated against and practically imprisoned in these camps. Also it made people in Japan rethink and decide not to immigrate to America. Even after the war ended, the Japanese Americans went back out into the rest of the world, there was a lot of racism and discrimination against anyone who wasn’t white, and they couldn’t get their old jobs or homes back. Although the camps provided education, it wasn’t sufficient for them to retain the knowledge they had before the internment, so many took farming jobs or worked in canneries after the war ended. It was then decided that racial or ethnicity based internment was unconstitutional, and the relocation camps were closed.
This was a very tragic, yet insightful time in history. It teaches us a lesson about how history should not repeat itself and America should not repeat its mistakes. However, this particular case may be repeated because presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has thoughts on banning Muslims from coming to America because of recent terrorist attacks. This is, like the internment of Japanese Americans, unconstitutional; hopefully this will not happen, and history will not repeat its mistakes.
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DeleteIn 1942, Roosevelt put all people with backgrounds of enemy nations in internment camps during World War 2. Roosevelt made this decision with fear that they might be helping the enemies in the war. The Japanese Americans were put in these camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack rose fear and shock among the citizens. They believed it would be safer if all the Japanese Americans were put in internment camps.
ReplyDeleteLife was different for the Japanese in the camps. They had poor living quarters, bad quality food and not a lot of privacy. They also had to learn to be more cooperative among each other. The Japanese adults were afraid of this situation. They had to take care of their children in the camps and had no idea when they would be free. However, for most of the children, it was like a adventure in the beginning until they realized what was happening to them. Their view of America changed because of the way they were treated. The actions of putting the Japanese in internment camps was unconstitutional.
Many of them spent many years in the camps and that affected their education and jobs. Many children fell behind in school and a lot of students couldn’t get good jobs because they didn’t get to finish their degrees. There was also not enough money for these families to afford education.
In the end, the federal government provided $20,000 to each internee after they were released. There were apologies towards the Japanese. During this rough time in history, fear was easily triggered among people. Thats one reason why the Japanese were put in camps. This is not the first time a situation like this occurred. During the Halocaust in 1933, German Jews were put in concentration camps where they were executed during World War 2. Except, the Japanese were not executed.
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ReplyDeleteThe United States was faltering from the attack on Pearl Harbor. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to declare war on Japan. Many people believed that all Japanese Americans were still loyal to Japan and would act as spies. Though more than two-thirds of interned Japanese were citizens. Two months after the attack on the naval base, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. Allowing Henry Simson, Secretary of War, to move everyone of Japanese descent into relocation camps. Some Americans felt that the government went beyond its power, by taking basic rights from people. But most people thought that interning the Japanese was best for the safety of the county and citizens.
ReplyDeleteLiving in the internment camps was very different for the Japanese. They were confined behind barbed wire, because of their racial background. They were taken out of their homes and routines and put into unhygienic conditions. The latrines were broken and the floors were filthy. There was no privacy, and the Japanese being very modest people, tried to make best of it by using boxes to give themselves the uttermost privacy. The camp was as unprepared for the internees, as the internees were unprepared for the camp. The barracks were unsuitable for the harsh weather. Many people got sick due to the soured food, and the unventilated kitchens. The Japanese felt very belittled, it was unjust that such loyal citizens must be confined by their own country because of the actions of others. Some Japanese wanted to denounce their citizenship, but it was invalid. Others tried to prove their loyalty to the US by joining the war effort. After the internment people were still racist and not accepting, causing limited jobs. There were many organizations trying to turn Americans against Japanese and their goals were to send the internees back to Japan.
I think that internment shouldn’t have been an option. If the United States wanted safety and for the people to feel comfortable, they could solve this issue in other ways.
I think that this was a mistake in our history, but it teaches us that we shouldn’t do this to other people. This period of time reminds me of slavery. They African-Americans were treated badly because of the color of their skin, and the Japanese because of their ethnicity both things which aren’t in one’s control. After the civil war, black people were still discriminated and same with the Japanese.
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Jardins, Julie D. "From Citizen to Enemy: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment." From Citizen to Enemy: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment. THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY, n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2016
Taylor, Alan. "World War II: Internment of Japanese Americans." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 21 Aug. 2011. Web. 07 Feb. 2016.
Resulting from fear of the enemy, President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order of 1942. Anyone of Japanese ancestry was to be relocated to internment camps. Over 127,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned for 3-4 years during World War II. As many say, this was a tragic stain in America’s rich history.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the Americans felt safe under these changes, the lives of the Japanese were forever changed. They were given know respect, in some cases students were pulled out of classes and thrown into camps. The food and housing was poor quality. They had to make homes in smelly horse stables. The bathrooms had no privacy and the entire camp had very low hygiene.
The Japanese soon learned to make with what they had. They worked together and provided for every ones necessities. Family ties were breaking apart and life was miserable. The book “Farewell to Manzanar”, gave me an inside view of how life in the camp was in depth to a little girl.
Finding jobs, homes, and education was very difficult for the Japanese after they were released. In 1988 the government finally realized the gravity of their mistake and released the Japanese. A big comparison I can make is how Donald Trump is suggesting doing the same as FDR did but to Muslims. This, in my opinion, is highly unlikeable because America is not at war with Islam and we can’t be accused for the actions of a few.
Citations: “Japanese-American Internment." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2016.
*Executive Order of 9066
DeletePearl Harbor was bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941. On February 9, 1942 President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. Once in effect, it gave all people of Japanese ancestry one week to collect their items and go to control centers. They were then sent to ten different camps across the West and Midwest. This decision to intern the Japanese was executed because President Roosevelt was suspicious of the Japanese since the 1930’s when they started coming into the U.S in large numbers. He was also doing this because of reports of Japanese espionage that was presented to him by an anti-Japanese general. The general public at the time saw them as immigrants who were helping the Japanese, just like the government saw them. But as the second and third generation Japanese-Americans and Americans started to research their history ,in the 1980’s, they saw it as injustice and a racist act that violated their ancestors rights.But at the time the Caucasian’s felt safer when they were interned and separated from the Japanese.
ReplyDeleteMost Japanese interns saw it as something that could not be helped, but nonetheless an injustice. Life in the internment camps was very difficult. For example one could not have their own privacy while using the restrooms or even changing everyday. Men were either sent to different facilities to be questioned about their loyalty to the United States or to other internment camps and separated from their families. Even if they did return, it was difficult to find jobs or they would refuse to work low income jobs that were offered in the camps. Even after they entered back into society, most of their jobs were taken by competing Americans before the war and the government often refused to grant them permits, but they did grant them to the Nesie. Though they did try to show their loyalty while in the internment camps by enlisting in the military, they did not start drafting them until 1943. In the next twenty years the United States government would make efforts to mend their relationship with the Japanese Americans of that time by giving them money to make up for their losses and give graduates at the time the diplomas they never received due to the internment. The U.S also ensured that this would never happen again to any immigrants of any race or religion again because it violates people's rights and was seen to many as being unconstitutional. .
Tasnim Saada 8A
L.A 2/7/16
Dresner, Jonathan. "Why Did the U.S. Intern the Japanese During WW II?"History News Network. History News Network, 8 July 2002. Web. 07 Feb. 2016.
Jardins, Julie Des. "From Citizen to Enemy: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment." History Now. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 2003. Web. 7 Feb. 2016.
The internment of the Japanese American community in the United States was one very important and unconstitutional act done by congress. On January 14, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of the most respected Presidents to ever serve our country, issued the Presidential Proclamation No. 2537, and with it sent thousands of families into internment camps all over the west coast. The proclamation required “aliens” from World War II enemy countries like japan, Italy and Germany to report and register with the United States Department of Justice. At the time of Pearl Harbor, a large Japanese community lived near coastal cities in order to fish and trade, and many congressmen and the president saw this as a threat and maybe even an opportunity for sabotage. A 1941 federal report requested by the president showed that more than ninety percent of Japanese Americans were considered loyal to America. Yet, the president still felt the need to intern them, and so for a period of almost two and a half years people of Japanese, German or Italian descent were interned. Although many people felt the act unconstitutional and unfair toward the Japanese community, many people, especially Northwest famers and entrepreneurs felt relieved, and with them being interned it allowed them more room to grow their businesses. But all the internment raised an important question amongst the Americans: are we safe? America was in a state of paranoia after the many Japanese victories. Some people even went as far as to say their Japanese neighbors were spies. People were afraid, and some believed that the only way they can feel safe in their own country was to send them into the internment camps, but what many failed to think about is if maybe the internees were American citizens as well. A study says that over seventy percent of the people interned were American citizens. That’s a huge percentage and to think that most were deprived of years of their life for no logical explanation. They lost out on education, their homes, businesses, all for nothing and most people had a very hard time coming back to the way they used to live, even after they were released from the camps.
ReplyDeleteJeanne the narrator of the story talks a lot about life in the internment camps. One very prominent problem was the latrines. They had no privacy and in Japanese culture privacy is of great importance and a lot of the internees had to come up with ways in order to fix the problems. They also didn’t have very good food. Jeanne talked about her first day in the camp and how they served them rice with apricot syrup. The Japanese don’t mix sweets with rice so it took a while for them to adapt to the food. Many people lived by the motto “Shikata ga nae” it cannot be helped, it must be done, and many people used this motto as a way to keep going even in hard time. Many people started to lose hope in America; they didn’t view it as the country they had come to anymore. Even after the Japanese were released from internment, life didn’t get any easier, racism was still going on and finding housing and education had become a problem for many as money was low. Many teenagers had dropped out of school and started helping their family by getting jobs. In October 1983, in response to a petition for a writ of error coram nobis by Fred Korematsu, the Federal District Court of San Francisco reversed his 1942 conviction and rules that the internment was not justified. As a result the Supreme Court ruled that no act, such as internment shall be held again as it was unconstitutional. This marked a great cornerstone in American History, but who is to say this won’t happen again? U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once said” In times of war, the law falls silent.” When 9/11 happened many people thought back to the interment of the Japanese and many American Muslims feared that they might intern them. Many people from the Japanese community went up and stood up for American Muslims, they thought it unfair that another group of people should be deprived and discriminated like they were. A study by Cornell Study reported that nearly half of the people asked said that they wanted American Muslims to register their whereabouts or have civil liberty restrictions. Hopefully history will not repeat itself and everyone will continue to feel safe and no act such as the internment shall happen again in the near future.
ReplyDeleteMaram Saada
2/7/16
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Bombing of the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japan triggered the internment of many Japanese-American residents, their only offense their ancestry, through the presidential Executive Order 9066. The public experienced distrust towards anyone of Japanese descent, for they felt as if every Nisei had a potential connection with the attack.
ReplyDeleteLiving in interment camps would have certainly instilled hatred and animosity towards their captors. Camps were located inland, detached from society. The barracks were insubstantial and unreliable, and the latrines seldom had barriers, which completely stripped the Japanese of any privacy. When the people at the camps were finally released, many people had financial difficulties. Former jobs were unavailable, and most homes were occupied. The federal government tried to make amendments for the inadmissible incident by providing each Japanese individual with a certain amount of money, as well as giving them the means for housing.
Comparable events are filled throughout history. Slavery is a cogent example. African Americans were forced to work in inhuman conditions, and their acts were considered free labor. This is an example of forcing people to go against their will. In addition, Donald Trump has been spreading thought of banning Mexican and Muslim immigrants from coming into the united states. This is labeled as highly unconstitutional.
The Japanese internment was an imprudent act on America’s part, and is a reminder of how civil rights should not be violated.
Source: http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp
The bombing of Pearl Harbor triggered President Roosevelt to pass the Executive Order of 9977. To many Americans it felt that keeping the Japanese out would be much safer but Japanese Ameeicans felt that it wasn't fair since many of them were loyal to America. Life in internment camps was very harsh. The housing was poorly built and unsustainable as well as they lived in the desert where the weather was extreme. The Japanese used latrines with others, ate unedible food, and had the worst living conditions. Japanese were a people with high dignity and honor so of course this was a humiliation. The Japanese felt they were a people without a country. They were loyal to both Japan and America. They didn't do anything against either country. They had many problems after internment as well. They couldn’t get their homes or jobs back, so they worked in canneries or farms while living in small cramped apartments. There life was torn apart just because they had the face of the enemy and because of the actions of a few. Family bonds were broken and the camps had made people stronger or weaker. After the camps were closed, it became unconstitutional to intern ethnic or racial groups. Donald Trump wants to intern Muslims out of fear of our radicalization and extremism. Many people believe that people cannot be interned again just like the Japanese.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for Roosevelt interning the japanese americans was due to pressure from his advisers and the fact that Japanese Farms were competing with American Farms, and were doing well. A little motivation to put Japanese in internment was so that white owners of farms could have a majority of business again.
ReplyDeleteThe reaction of the public differed. Some anti-Japanese organizations were happy and would try to prepare to assault and try to take opportunities of jobs and homes away from the Japanese. Most of the public didn't really care, and probabaly didn't feel any safer, because they knew how nice Japanese were.
Life at the camp would be depressing, because the people went from proper homes to a camp with horrible living quarters, horrible latrines, no proper food, and a break up of their culture. People eventually lost their culture, because survival was first priority. The camp changed the dynamics of a Japanese family, as people would sit in age groups, not with their family. Children would be left to do whatever they please, but parents had been given jobs, and left the children without supervision, to do whatever they wanted. Also, there were nuns that lived in the camp to convert the children to Catholicism. This affected the children's view of the world, and once they left the internment camps, they would try to Americanize themselves. This also affected the adults, as adjusting back to real life and getting jobs would a hard adjustment.
Eventually congress passed an order which made sure Japanese were released and this would never happen again.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 allowing the internment of people of Japanese descent (those born in America and those whom are immigrants). Similarly, the public reacted out of fear and ignorance as anti-orientalism resurfaced through slanderous posters and the sudden rise of extremist organizations. Needless to say, the public was fearful of their country being bombed again. However, the only way they would feel safer was through means of injustice; interning a group of people for being of a specific ancestry. They especially wanted the Japanese away from the coast and interned inland as to avoid contact via sea. Life at any of the internment camps would not have been very simple. Although their necessities were met, they were met with less care. Several of the situations thrown upon the interned Japanese were considered an insult to their culture. It was, in many ways, a prison.
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese Americans’ reentrance into society was particularly difficult as they were uncertain of how the other Americans would react. The racist, extremist groups did not help and only added to their worry. Only certain types of jobs were open to them and students were not allowed to participate in all school activities; if they did, they did through breaking many barriers. Even making friends was a difficult thing to hold on to; many parents were not fond of the idea of their children mingling with the Japanese. Although they were no longer interned, their lives, for the most part, had been paused. And for some, especially the elderly, it ended; they fled to America in search of opportunities and when they arrived they were deprived from the one thing they thought they would never lose; their freedom.
After the setting the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan, and America claimed victory, the Supreme Court decided to rescind the executive order and ruled that this can never be repeated to any group of people again. There have been numerous instances in history where a group is considered inferior to another. The Holocaust directed at the Jews is one, whilst, a longer-term event like slavery (in America) is another that was followed by segregation. Even at the same time the Japanese were considered a group to be feared, Italians and Germans were viewed through the same myopic perception.
Reem Suleiman
February 8, 2016
8A L.A.
On December 7,1941, the Japanese military force bombed Pearl harbor. As a result of the bombing, Franklin D. Roosevelt,the president at the time, signed the executive order 9066 allowing American military forces take people of Japanese decent, and place them into interment camps.They did this because they thought that it made them safer, even though the stakes of them being related to the bombing was really low, but its was primarily from ignorance to the Japanese, and anxiety that was building up from the war.Towards the begining of the war, the people who were living in the united states first agreed to the executive oder the the sake of their safety, but when the war was coming to and end, the people thought that this was really unconstitutional and it needs to stop.
ReplyDeletethere are many things that would happen in an ordinary day at an interment camp.They would have to wake up in a poorly built barak with knotholes in the wood, eat food that was not really high quality and nutritional, and the food that was served was really foreign for them. The bathrooms that they had to use had no dividers for privacy, and the Japanese decent were very modest so that was a major struggle, and there families were broken apart because they can never get some good quality time with family and friends, and there school wasn't really developed in a sense to were the school would look like normal schools today.The Japanese did not like the fact that they had to be taken out of society because the surrounding think that they are a treat to them, but they felt like there was nothing the can do about it and they needed t be strong. They probably thought America was really racist and only likes "their kind" and it would have been better off if they didn't come to America.It would be most likely difficult for the Japanese too go into society without having any sort of difficulty because when you don't interact with people in society, it is harder to learn social skills and how to interact with a general public when you are isolated 24/7.So finding a job and doing daily things would be a challenge.
The The Japanese interment Is a lot like what some of the political figures are debating on whether or not we should intern Muslims in because we don't know if they are terrorist or not.But we need to learn from our mistakes and make sure we do not repeat those mistakes.
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ReplyDeleteThe attack led by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1942 led the leaders of the United States to predict that Japan was preparing a huge attack on the Americans. This induced Americans to fear the Japanese due to their extensive military and ever-growing power in Asia. They began to question their own safety and the loyalty of the Japanese Americans to the United States, showing their hatred through the means of anti-Japanese sentiment. This animosity from the Americans led Roosevelt's advisors into pressuring him to sign the Executive Order 9066, forcing all people of Japanese ancestry or affiliation into internment camps.
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese Americans must have felt betrayed as being seen as the enemy in the country were they were born, started a family and lived their whole life. It was hard for them adapt to such low standards, contrary to their previous life preceding internment. Though not all of them were rich before, they still retained a sense of privacy an hygiene, ate nutritious food, and lived in adequate living conditions. In the camp, their living conditions were degrading.
Recovery into society for the Japanese was not an easy feat. Many internees lost irreplaceable property at the time relocation, and their boats, homes, plots of land and money had been taken away or reclaimed by local whites, and they had nothing to return to. They were looked down in society, and many racist organizations just added to the struggle. They were targets of much hate, hostility and violence in the West Coast. Students were denied the opportunity to participate in some school activities, and those in need of jobs traveled to rural farms and canneries far away from their dwelling. To compensate for the violation of civil rights, in 1948 the US government passed the American Japanese Claims Act, allowing former internees to compensate for property losses. About $37 million was distributed under this act.
There are a few events in history that are parallel to what happened with the Japanese internment. For instance, African Americans were looked at as inferior in the south, and were subjected to much hate,violence and animosity, similar to the Japanese.
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Sameeha Salman
8A LA
2/8/15
President Roosevelt thought that all Japanese were involved with the Bombing of pearl harbor which happened at ocean park in 1941 December,7 so he passed a law order 9066 which allowed military to relocate all people of Japanese race. I think that the public felt safe because they might have thought that all or most of the Japanese people were spies, like how many people think that all Muslims are terrorists.
ReplyDeleteLife in the camp would have been like a new, and diferent start. For most people after the first year people might have gotten used to the camp like Jeanne and her dad got used to it. At the beginning people thought of it as a type of imprisonment until the war was over but toward the end of the first year most of the people adapted to the camp.And some time in the camp the youth were sent a type of questioner(PG 63 in farewell to Manzanar) and people had problems answering questions 27 (which was "Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty wherever ordered?") and 28 (Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor, or any other foreign government, power, or organization?) because if they answered yes, yes to these questions they knew they would be sent to the american navy. If they answered no, no they knew they would be shipped back to Japan. Once they were out of the camps I think that they had a hard time to find jobs because of their reputation would be messed up from the camps they were sent to.
One of the main changes was that the without the Japanese society hit a depression so i think that sending people to internment camps will never happened again. This was the time that america hit a depression ,and president D. Roosevelt was known for taking america out of the depression even though he caused part of it.
It looks like the Muslims arebeing put in the same position that the Japanese people were put in. The Muslims are being called terrorists and a part of society wants to stop allowing Muslims to come to america.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt interned the Japanese Americans because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Some of the public's reaction was happy, and some didn't care much because they knew that the Japanese were very kind. Americans did feel a little safer this way because they were scared if the bombing will happen again. Life in the internment camps was a very difficult way of living. The Japanese didn't have a lot of privacy over there and the food wasn't what they ate. Most of the time the food was usually spoiled and a lot of them got sick. The camps made a lot of the families and cultures get separated and broken apart. The Japanese felt very tired and depressed because this was a very hard way of living. Although they had everything they needed to survive, they didn't have or feel any care for them. This tells them which Americans cared for them, and which didn't. This affected their ability to seek an education, get jobs, etc. after their internment because they didn't have the same skills they had before. Later, the Supreme Court decided that this can never happen again to any group of people. For example, this is very similar to what Donald Trump wants to do to the Muslims and to the Muslim refugees. I think that this was a very hard period of time for the Japanese and their way of living during and after the internment.
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2/8/16
The Act of Japan bombing pearl harbor led to the act of Japanese being interned. The response for the people who weren’t Japanese thought that they would be safer if there were no Japanese in the public. The Japanese however thought it was unfair and got very angry because they had nothing to do with the bombing at pearl harbor. After the Japanese were interned most Americans felt much more safer because they wouldn’t have to worry about the Japanese. I think life in an internment camp would be horrible because the government treats you like animals. I would not be happy in internments camp because the government just imprisoned the Japanese. The Japanese reacted in a many ways. One was that they were angry because the government was treating them like aliens/ inferiors. They were also angry because they were treated like animals and also we imprisoned into this one area. This stuff affected their view of America in many ways. Now they started to think this was an arrogant country that didn’t even listen to the Japanese. They also thought that America was useless because they came from Japan to leave trouble, but they also faced more difficulties here. The internment affected the Japanese in education in many ways. Even though the kids at Manzanar still had school, they were demoralized when they went back to normal school after the internment was over. After the internment was over many Japanese people had difficulty to fine jobs. Some jobs were not allowed to have Japanese workers like the Japanese couldn’t fish. In the end I think that this was a very depressing time in U.S and should never be done again.
ReplyDeleteFDR interned the Japanese Americans because he believed they might be a threat to the Americans after what happened at Pearl Harbor but I think he could have gone a better than practically imprisoning 120,000 people. From the content about how people acted were released I believe people agreed with FDR interning the Japanese Americans and feel safer without them there, like the time when Jeanne and Kiyo where sitting on a bench and someone said to them "why don't you Japs go back to Japan" .
ReplyDeleteLife in Internment would have been really hard especially with public bathrooms, barracks with terrible conditions, and the terrible food in the order I would personally not like in the camp. The people interned were sad and disgusted of the living conditions they gave them, some of them even started losing there loyalty to America for interning its own citizens and yes they were loyal citizens and I agree with them to be mad., even after they were released the government didn't give them a head start for there new life. The internment majorly affected there ability to get a job or decent education, it was really hard to get anything done inside the camp all they could do was hope.
After the internment incident a law was made to ban internment in the United Sates, which is a great law to think about now a days considering what Donald Trump is talking about these days.
These years were harsh for the Japanese Americans but they survived and it had a great impact on them. As a said before this could be compared with what is happening today with Trump trying to ban the Muslims or INTERN them.