WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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Why were internment camps set up in the United States during World War II?
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The United States believed that the Japanese Americans could have been the enemy and could not be trusted.
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Japanese Americans refused to fight in the war against their own countrymen.
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Women and children needed to be taken care of while their husbands and fathers were off to war.
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The United States wanted to protect the Japanese Americans from their own country of Japan.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Many Americans worried that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies or saboteurs for the Japanese government. Fear-not evidence-drove the U.S. to place over 127, 000 Japanese-Americans in concentration camps for the duration of WWII.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. In an effort to curb potential Japanese espionage, Executive Order 9066 approved the relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps. At first, the relocations were completed on a voluntary basis.
Detailed explanation-3: -The government cited national security as justification for this policy although it violated many of the most essential constitutional rights of Japanese Americans.
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