HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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were known spies for Japan
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were seen as a security threat
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refused to serve in the United States military
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expressed their support for Italy and Germany
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Detailed explanation-1: -This was the movement of 110, 000 people of Japanese descent from their homes in an area bordering the Pacific coast into 10 wartime communities constructed in remote areas between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Mississippi River. The evacuation of these people was started in the early spring of 1942.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1942, almost 120, 000 Japanese Americans were forced from their homes in California, western Oregon and Washington, and southern Arizona in the single largest forced relocation in U.S. history. Under the authority of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, Western Defense Commander John L.
Detailed explanation-3: -On February 19, 1942, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 with the stated intention of preventing espionage on American shores. Military zones were created in California, Washington and Oregon-states with a large population of Japanese Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -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 detention centers in the western interior of the country. Approximately two-thirds of the inmates were United States citizens.
Detailed explanation-5: -So it would be correct to say that “about 110, 000 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from the West Coast” and that “about 120, 000 Japanese Americans were held in American concentration camps administered by the War Relocation Authority during World War II.”