WWII and Japanese Internment

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WWII and Japanese Internment

• Modern American History

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Japanese Internment

• Executive Order 9066
• Signed by FDR 2/19/1942
• Internment begins March 1942
• Ten camps located in remote desert areas
• Businesses, homes, possessions sold at fraction
  of worth, bring what they can carry
• Wooden barracks, partial walls, family shares one
  room, communal toilets, bathing facilities in
  full view of sentries, armed guards and barbed
  wire

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Japanese Internment

• Over 120,000 of Japanese descent forcibly
  relocated into concentration camps
• Issei born in Japan (1/3)
• Nisei U.S. citizens (2/3)

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• Left Aerial Photo of Granada Center from the
  Water Tower - Granada Relocation Center, Amache,
  Colorado. Photo by Joe McClelland , 6/20/1943
• Below Poston Relocation Center

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Reflection Paragraph

• Based on the precedent set in the Korematsu
  decision, the activity evaluating Japanese
  internment, and these images, answer the
  following questions
• In general, should Americans be expected to have
  their basic civil liberties curtailed in order to
  protect the nation from a potential threat?
• In the case of internment, were the actions
  justified or did the U.S. government go too far?
• Should security pay extra attention today to
  people who appear to be Middle Eastern/Muslim?