April 30, 1942: Buses line up at 23rd Street and Vermont Avenue to carry 600 Japanese to the temporary internment camp at Santa Anita racetrack. This photo was published in the May 1, 1942, Los Angeles Times.

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April 30, 1942 Buses line up at 23rd Street and
Vermont Avenue to carry 600 Japanese to the
temporary internment camp at Santa Anita
racetrack. This photo was published in the May
1, 1942, Los Angeles Times.
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On December 7th 1941, the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor. US citizens feared another attack
and war hysteria seized the country.
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Executive Order 9066

• State representatives put pressure on President
  Roosevelt to take action against those of
  Japanese descent living in the US.
• On February 19th 1942 Roosevelt signed Executive
  Order 9066. Under the terms of the Order, some
  120,000 people of Japanese descent living in the
  US were removed from their homes and placed
  in internment camps.

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• The U.S. justified their action by claiming that
  there was a danger of those of Japanese descent
  spying for the Japanese. However more than two
  thirds of those interned were American citizens
  and half of them were children. None had ever
  shown disloyalty to the nation. In some cases
  family members were separated and put in
  different camps. During the entire war only ten
  people were convicted of spying for Japan and
  these were all Caucasian.

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• Life in the camps was hard. Internees had only
  been allowed to bring with then a few
  possessions. In many cases they had been given
  just 48 hours to evacuate their homes.

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Military personnel guarded the camps.
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There were many internment camps spread across
the United States
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Executive Order 9066 is rescinded

• On January 2, 1945, the Order was cancelled.
• Those who had been in camps were given 25 and a
  train back to their former homes.
• It took nearly 1 year for everyone to be released

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• Civil Liberties Act of 1988
• Gave reparations of 20,000 to each individual
• Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992
• Gave additional funds and included an official
  apology from the government of the United States

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