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Japanese InternmentJapanese Internment
WWIIWWII
9/119/11
• After 9/11 all Muslim Americans should have been put in camps because you never know who could be a threat for
another attack…
Which one is the enemy???Which one is the enemy???
How to Tell You Friends from the How to Tell You Friends from the JapsJaps
• Life Magazine article• Can you imagine???
Executive Order 9066Executive Order 9066
• Feb. 19, 1942• Approximately 110,000-
120,000 Japanese Americans relocated to camps
• 2/3 were citizens• Nisei-American Born• Issei-older, foreign born• Could join army instead
What do you think it was like to be in the military as a Japanese American?
Leaving HomeLeaving Home
• Forced to sell their homes and businesses at low price
Internment CampsInternment Camps• The 10 camps (relocation centers) were
located at: • Amache, Colorado;
• Gila River, Arkansas;
• Heart Mountain, Wyoming;
• Jerome, Arkansas;
• Manzanar, California;
• Minidoka, Idaho;
• Poston, Arizona;
• Rohwer, Arkansas;
• Topaz, Utah; and
• Tula Lake, California
At The Camp until 1945At The Camp until 1945
Was it Right?Was it Right?
ApologyApology
• 1988 paid $20,000 in reparations
• Fair?