USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the next 6 months, over 100, 000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were moved to assembly centers. They were then evacuated to and confined in isolated, fenced, and guarded relocation centers, known as internment camps.

Detailed explanation-2: -In February 1942, just two months later, President Roosevelt, as commander-in-chief, issued Executive Order 9066 that resulted in the internment of Japanese Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Notably, far more Americans of Asian descent were forcibly interned than Americans of European descent, both in total and as a share of their relative populations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Then Roosevelt’s executive order forcibly removed Americans of Japanese ancestry from their homes. Executive Order 9066 affected the lives about 120, 000 people-the majority of whom were American citizens. Canada soon followed suit, forcibly removing 21, 000 of its residents of Japanese descent from its west coast.

Detailed explanation-5: -During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated at least 125, 284 people of Japanese descent in 75 identified incarceration sites. Most lived on the Pacific Coast, in concentration camps in the western interior of the country.