Japanese American internment

1. Japanese American internment By: Sylvia Soria Period 4

2. World War II On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor Americans Feared another Attack United States Joined the War

3. Japanese Internment Camps President Roosevelt took action against Japanese descents living in the U.S. On February 19th, 1941Executive order 9066 was signed by President Roosevelt. Ordered 120,000 Japanese descents living in the U.S out of their homes.

4. Japanese Internment Camps (Part 2) U.S. claimed the Japanese descents were spying for the Japanese government Two thirds of those Japanese were American Citizens None of the Japanese descents were ever convicted of spying for the Japanese

5. Life in the Camps Families were often separated and sent to different camps Internees were only allowed few possessions They were housed in barracks

6. Life in the camps Forced to use communal areas for washing, laundry, and eating. Internees died from inadequate medical care and high emotional stress Camps were guarded by military personnel who often broke the rules

7. Conclusion Two and a half years after the signing of Executive Order 9066 it was overturned Nearly two dozen years after the camps were closed, the government began reparations to Japanese Americans for property they had lost Formal apologies were also issued by the government of Canada to Japanese Canadian survivors

8. Works Cited http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/jainternment/ http://www.infoplease.com/spot/internment1.html http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/camp.html http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/japan_internment_camps.htm http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/index.html