Japanese American Internment
explanatory Essay
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government started to become very suspicious of different races living in the country especially the Japanese. To make sure nothing happened again these internment camps were set up and they were basically “America’s concentration camps”. The Japanese Americans faced a lot of hardships at these camps. Japanese Internment Camps were extremely unfair to the majority of the Japanese Americans who have not engaged in sabotage or spying for Japan during the war. Nevertheless, it was a necessary effort to limit the activities of those who would have tried to harm the U.S. and the war effort. American military forces sent the Japanese Americans into internment camps all around the U.S. because they were afraid that there were Japanese Americans spies among them. The conditions of Japanese American internment camps were very hard for the Japanese because of housing, food, and the experiences they went through daily. Japanese citizens were given about 48 hours to vacate their homes, and they were only allowed to take with them few belongings. About 120,000 Japanese were moved to internment camps after Pearl Harbor. Sometimes entire families lived one room cells or barracks. Also, they were fed approximately three times a day and the portions were small. Several people died in these camps due to lack of medical care and stress. (Japanese-American Internment." U.S. History, 2014) At first the Japanese Americans went to temporary relocation centers which were open areas surrounded by barbed wire. There were block arrangements and each one had 14 barracks. Then they were taken to ten relocation centers permanently that were run by War Relocation Authority. They were located in isolated areas such ... ... middle of paper ... ...rican Internment. Gale, 2009. Web. 21 Mar. 2014. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=SUIC&action=e&catId=GALE%7CXGVMGS047642054&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3048400159&source=Bookmark&u=lans23427&jsid=8ac3e91566b7c7f69f15bf2818d20a83 "Japanese-American Internment." U.S. History. ushistory.org, 2014. Web. 20 Mar. 2014. . Japan Launches A Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941." Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History. Ed. Jennifer Stock. Vol. 6: North America. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2013. Student Resources in Context. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that after the bombing of pearl harbor, the u.s. government became suspicious of different races living in the country especially the japanese. japanese internment camps were unfair to the majority of japanese americans who have not engaged in sabotage or spying for japan during the war.
- Explains that american military forces sent the japanese americans into internment camps because they were afraid that there were japanese american spies among them.
- Explains that the japanese americans went to temporary relocation centers, which were open areas surrounded by barbed wire. they were then taken to ten permanently run by war relocation authority.
- Explains that some japanese americans wanted to stay longer because they didn't have anything to go home to. search lights monitored the grounds between the camps and eight towers with machine guns.
- Explains that the internees tried to make the best of the situation. they started schools and churches, played hide and seek, and had talent shows and dances.
- Opines that the internment of the japanese played a huge role in the u.s. history.
- Cites gale's japanese american internment, which is available at http://ic.galegroup.com.
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- Explains that the nisei in the camps were under 18 years of age and the government had not planned for schools. most people considered them to be medium-security prisons.
- Explains that president roosevelt rescinded executive order 9066 in 1944 and the last camps were closed in march of 1946. the nisei were eligible to join the armed services in 1943.
- Opines that if the united states wanted to punish someone, they should have punished japan in general and not people who are citizens and live in the same country.
- Cites the booksfeldman, george, and marriott, willard. japanese-americans internment camps.
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- Explains that each fenced-in camp was set up in blocks and contained fourteen barracks, one mess hall, and one recreational hall on the outside. some families were put in one room because there was not enough room.
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- Explains that children were expected to go to school and learn without teachers. they were paid in extremely low wages and the government did not supply any funding to education.
- Describes how george takei was one of the many japanese americans who were put into camps. the first freed japanese were not allowed to return home until after the war was over.
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- Explains that japan's attack on pearl harbor on o'ahu in 1941 caused a chain reaction that would destroy thousands more lives as the war developed within the united states.
- Explains that the u.s. claimed that there was a danger of those who were of japanese descent spying for the japanese, but 60% were american citizens and 50% were children. wartime hysteria and prejudice led the scared americans to condone the forced japanese americans out of their homes and lives.
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- Explains that the internment of the japanese was unethical because it violated their human rights on a basic level.
- Analyzes how the constitution states, "everyone has equal protection under the law," which was blatantly withheld during the japanese's internment.
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- Analyzes how the u.s. government let the hysteria get to a point where it was okay for us to place the japanese americans in camp.
- Opines that the u.s. should learn to exercise control and not jump to violating basic human rights. the japanese-americans were not responsible for the acts of pearl harbor.
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- Explains that the camps had gravely affected most japanese families financially, losing much of their money due to cheap sales of property as soon as possible.
- Explains that small homes stressed families, and that the army began drafting men from the camps to serve forcefully in the war, which caused more stress on families.
- Explains that the japanese american community pressured congress to establish the commission on the internment camps in 1981. the report concluded that it was motivated by prejudice, racial propaganda, and a failure of political leadership.
- Explains that courts backed up interment for many years, ruling that the military had the power to take actions against citizens with enemy origins.
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- Explains that anglos wanted the japanese americans to be interned because it gave them the rights to take the properties left behind.
- Analyzes how the anglos' rationalization that japanese americans should be sent to internment camps for their own protection was invalid.
- Analyzes how general john dewitt stereotyped all japanese to be someone that couldn't be trusted. herny l. stimson publicized that the anglos were just prejudice against the japanese americans.
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- Explains that the japanese american relocation in the u.s. was considered a dark time in which american will forever be ashamed of.
- Analyzes how the japanese american relocation in the u.s. is taught in schools today because it is a perfect example of how civil rights were violated.
- Analyzes how the japanese-americans were questioned on their loyalty to the united states when they were relocated to protect them from anti-japanese americans.
- Explains that america made a few mistakes out of fear after the bombing of pearl harbor. they relocated people who were even 1/16th japanese.
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- Explains that the united states was justified in its policy of keeping japanese americans and their families in internment camps during world war ii.
- Explains that after the attack, the u.s. lost trust for people living in the united states with japanese ancestry and created a plan to protect the country which involved the evacuation of japanese americans.
- Explains that the fear of japanese americans pushed the u.s. to remove them from their homes to internment camps. people who emigrated straight from japan were considered a more immediate threat than children whose parents or grandparents left japan.
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- Opines that the japanese-american internment was unnecessary and racist.
- Explains that innocent people were being forced out of their homes and put into another location. internment camps are similar to prison or some other type of detention, specifically during war.
- Explains that it was a racist type of situation because they were innocent, but they weren't released. they were removed from their homes because of their appearance and people were scared that they'd betray them again.
- Concludes that there was no case of japanese betrayal. the government was scared and oblivious as to who sabotaged the war.
- Concludes that the act of putting innocent people in internment camps was completely unnecessary. they shouldn't have based this on looks, meaning that it was racist of them to force someone who looked a certain way, out of their homes and put somewhere else.
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- Argues that the internment of japanese-americans was justified because the u.s. needed to protect the west coast and the japanese could help with the war efforts.
- Explains that the u.s. needed to secure the west coast during wwii, after all, japan just bombed pearl harbor.
- Explains that the u.s. was not going to take any chances with japanese suspects when moving them to internment camps. the japanese's loyalties were unknown and time was of the essence.
- Explains that the japanese-americans could help the war efforts for the u.s. since wwii started, america was in need of supplies such as food and weapons.
- Explains that the u.s. justified the japanese-americans' internment because they had just been bombed at pearl harbor. they could help the war efforts through farming plantations.
- Cites black, hugo, chief justice, korematsu v. united states, 1944, and dewitt, j.l., lt. gen. to the chief of staff, u.s. army, june 5, 1943.
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