HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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were considered illegal aliens
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had been convicted of spying for Japan
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refused to enlist in the United States military
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were thought to be threats to national security
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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. Over 127, 000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shock, fear, and worry were common initial psychological reactions as Japanese Americans were forced to deal with the stress of enforced dislocation and the abandonment of their homes, possessions, and businesses.
Detailed explanation-3: -Motivated by racism after Pearl Harbor bombing. Japanese were seen as a threat to the U.S. citizens, even the Japanese-Americans. In order to keep these suspicious citizens under control, they were relocated to internment camps in order to become “Americanized” under conditions that were not ideal.
Detailed explanation-4: -The order was designed to exclude persons of Japanese ancestry, both American citizens and resident aliens from the West Coast. More than 100, 000 people were ordered to leave their businesses and homes. Voluntary resettlement of the people who were designated disloyal by the War Department was impossible.
Detailed explanation-5: -Despite the policy of incarceration, many children of Japanese immigrants who were born in the U.S. were encouraged to enlist in the U.S. military. Some were even drafted. By the end of the war, 30, 000 Japanese Americans had served in the U.S. armed forces.
Detailed explanation-6: -The order sent Japanese Americans from their homes to remote camps throughout the U.S. Some 1, 600 prisoners died during their incarceration and many lost property and businesses that they were forced to abandon.