Ushistory.org. "Japanese-American Internment [ushistory.org]." US History. US History, n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. <http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp>.
This source provided evidence that over 127,000 Japanese Americans were put in internment camps just for being Japanese. The Americans put the Japanese people away because they were paranoid after the pearl harbor bombing. So due to this President Roosevelt signed an executive order for the relocation of all Japanese American citizens. Secondary Source
"Japanese-American Relocation." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. <http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation>.
This website would be good for numbers/data, cold hard facts, and the dates for when they japanese americans were officially sent to internment camps. This also has a helpful video that has a couple of interviews from witnesses and experts. Secondary Source
"George Takei Calls Out Trump for Japanese Internment Camp Comments." Us Weekly. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/george-takei-calls-out-donald-trump-for-japanese-internment-comments-w159401>.
This article can be used to show why this is still relevant in today’s world. Talks about what george takei/people today are doing to educate people on internment camps. Also brings to the table how many people are very uneducated because america doesn’t necessarily teach about it.
PBS. PBS. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/>.
This article talked about the civil liberty act of 1988. This act finally made the government state that the Internment Camps were an injustice to japanese people. In this act they also said they would educate people about japanese internment camps which they still have to do to be honest
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Ushistory.org. "Japanese-American Internment [ushistory.org]." US History. US History, n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. <http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp>.
Japanese people were put in camps for simply being from Japan. They were seen as being loyal to their ancestral land, which caused paranoia in the United States. Most internment camps are found in the south-west/west region of the US. Almost 2/3rd of the people who were placed in camps were actually born in the US and they were called the “nisei”. Nisei means children born to Japanese people, who were born in a different country.The camps were often too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer. Interns knew that if they tried to run away, the guard would shoot them without hesitation. In the famous case “Korematsu vs. The United States”, Fred Korematsu fought the government,, and ended up winning the case. Congress apologized for the pain that the US had put the Japanese in and awarded each intern with $20,000 dollars.
History.com Staff. "Pearl Harbor - World War II." HISTORY.com. History.com Staff, 2009. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. <http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor>.
On December 7th 1941, just before 8 a.m. (Honolulu time), Japanese planes bombed the base at Pearl Harbor. Even though the attack lasted for only two hours, the outcomes were devastating. Many vessels,battleships and airplanes had been destroyed. Over 2000 soldiers were killed and another 1000 were hurt. President Roosevelt wanted to go to war with Japan, and a day later Congress approved it.Japan allied with Germany and Italy and declared war against the US. Two years after the bombings, the US had entered World War II.
Topaz Camp. "Topaz Camp." Japanese American WWII Internment Camp. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. <http://www.topazmuseum.org/topaz-camp>.
The Topaz Internment camp which is located in central Utah was not open until 1942 but there were some interns there. In fact these interns were responsible for setting up barracks as well as putting up barbed wire fences. There were schools in the camps. There was two elementary schools and one junior high/ high school. There was a single hospital in the camp which really brought out the structure of the camp. The camps living areas were heated by coal but they were not allowed to cook. Instead they were served military grub. Their bedrooms were constrained to one army cots, mattresses, and some blankets. Overall life wasn’t fun and the interns were not allowed to have basic human rights.
Satsuki Ina. "Children of the Camps | INTERNMENT HISTORY." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. <http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/>.
Most of the 110,000 people thrown in internment camps were children. They were held in the camps for 4 years or more depending on the circumstances. In some cases children were separated and taken to different camps than those of their family members. Some children died because of the poor medical care and the emotional stresses that they had to put up with. They were put in internment camps because to protect against espionage and sabotage but not a single intern was found to engage in any of the mentioned.
Harris, Shannon M. "10 Shameful Facts About Japanese-American Internment." Listverse. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. <http://listverse.com/2014/10/25/10-shameful-truths-about-japanese-american-internment/>.
After the Pearl Harbor bombings in Honolulu, Japanese people’s houses. stores and other living places were raided. Family heirlooms were confiscated and never given back. They were forced to evacuate and call a camp filled with other families home.When they were evacuated, the Japanese Each internee was sent to one of 16 assembly centers so they could be sorted. Attempting to escape and resisting orders were all punishable by death. Guards would not have any consequences for killing someone for no reason. Former inmates were allowed to get a one time payment of $20,000, but many of their losses exceeded that value.