WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Fear that they would help Japan defeat the U.S. and prejudice.
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Because they actively were spying for Japan.
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Because they were war criminals.
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None of the above
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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: -Conditions at Japanese American internment camps were spare, without many amenities. The camps were ringed with barbed-wire fences and patrolled by armed guards, and there were isolated cases of internees being killed. Generally, however, camps were run humanely.
Detailed explanation-3: -Before the War One of the most vexing was the denial of naturalization rights, eliminating one of the standard avenues by which immigrants had been able to protect their rights. As early as the Spanish American War, some Japanese immigrants volunteered for military service as an avenue to gaining citizenship.
Detailed explanation-4: -Despite never being charged with a crime, and without due process, Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and communities and incarcerated, simply because of their heritage. For years, many Japanese Americans lived in harsh, overcrowded conditions, surrounded by barbed wire fences and armed guards.
Detailed explanation-5: -Almost all the Japanese Americans cooperated, but a few defied. Some broke curfew on purpose and challenged the legality of the incarceration. Gordon Hirayabashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui took their cases to the Supreme Court to challenge the unconstitutionality of the incarceration camps.