HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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concentration camps
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Internment camps
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The day after the Pearl Harbor attacks he put up his ‘I Am An American’ sign to prove his patriotism. Soon afterward, the government shut down the shop and forced the owner to a prison camp. Accommodations for Japanese-Americans at the Santa Anita “reception center, ‘’ Los Angeles County, California.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the aftermath of the attack, the US government relocated approximately 120, 000 people of Japanese descent-mostly American citizens-from their West Coast homes to “relocation centers” in remote areas of the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Internees lived in uninsulated barracks furnished only with cots and coal-burning stoves. Residents used common bathroom and laundry facilities, but hot water was usually limited. The camps were surrounded by barbed-wire fences patrolled by armed guards who had instructions to shoot anyone who tried to leave.