While many groups of Americans faced hardships during WWII, none had it harder than Japanese Americans.After the attacks on Pearl Harbor Americans were understandably fearful of further attacks and spies. In early 1942, by Presidential executive order 9066, Japanese-Americans living primarily on the west coast were taken to internment camps as a security measure following the massive Pearl Harbor raid that temporarily incapacitated the Pacific fleet. A national sense of outrage consumed Americans. Strangers on the streets looked at one another with a new awareness.
The US Government claimed internment camps were vital to American security and that every effort was made to provide for their Japanese guests.
Compare the Government claims to actual photos of the camps taken from Ansel Adams famous book Born Free and Equal.
Watch this video to see what life in the camps was really like.
Listen to the song Kenji by Fort Minor.
1) Were American fears justified?
2) Can you tell who the enemy is just by looking at them?
3) Why weren't German's and Italians also sent to 'camps?'
4) Did all Japanese Americans go willingly? Who was Fred Korematsu?
5) What lessons did we learn from this mistake?
6) Did the United States ever apologize?
1 no
ReplyDelete2 yes/no you couldn't always tell the difference.
3 The majority of German and Italian born civilians living in the U.S. in 1941 had already received American citizenship.
4 No he was arrested for for not evacuating to that center.
5 video was not working
6 The legislation offered a formal apology and paid out $20,000 in compensation to each surviving victim.
7 The chinese Americans are being threatened and beat up because everyone thinks they have the virus. I hope so.