Essay On Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese Americans on the west coast were interned into camps for many reasons that violated their civil Liberties, some including the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the president then declaring war on Japan, with that causing war hysteria. Japanese Americans should have been given a fair chance to bring down the accusations made by non Japanese Americans.
War hysteria has been part of many wars, including WWII. In this particular war the Japanese Americans lived in fear of being interned because of war hysteria, in the article, Japanese-Americans Fight to Preserve Wartime Internment Camps it states, “Worried about invasion and convinced that Japanese immigrants might be loyal to Japan.” War hysteria is when one country is at war with another, and they become suspicious of one another. Which is what happened with Japanese Americans when they were interned. In the article, Japanese Americans: A War …show more content…
In the article A Grave Wrong it states, “Two months later, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the military to designate zones in which Japanese-Americans could not live.” This quote goes to prove that even in the hardest times they still violated their, opposed to giving them a fair trial, saying that it was a military necessity. More so it was a necessity so that the Americans and soldiers could feel “safer”. The perspective of Americans changed, in the War Relocation Authority post, it states “In the first place, two thirds of the Japanese people in this country were born here and are therefore citizens - with the same rights as any of the rest of us. Where then, did Federal Government get its legal authority to uproot a whole people and transplant.” How did the president have all the power to legally take a whole group race and just intern them. Well first of all it was because of war hysteria, as well as for the very reason they were going to war with
War hysteria has been part of many wars, including WWII. In this particular war the Japanese Americans lived in fear of being interned because of war hysteria, in the article, Japanese-Americans Fight to Preserve Wartime Internment Camps it states, “Worried about invasion and convinced that Japanese immigrants might be loyal to Japan.” War hysteria is when one country is at war with another, and they become suspicious of one another. Which is what happened with Japanese Americans when they were interned. In the article, Japanese Americans: A War …show more content…
In the article A Grave Wrong it states, “Two months later, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the military to designate zones in which Japanese-Americans could not live.” This quote goes to prove that even in the hardest times they still violated their, opposed to giving them a fair trial, saying that it was a military necessity. More so it was a necessity so that the Americans and soldiers could feel “safer”. The perspective of Americans changed, in the War Relocation Authority post, it states “In the first place, two thirds of the Japanese people in this country were born here and are therefore citizens - with the same rights as any of the rest of us. Where then, did Federal Government get its legal authority to uproot a whole people and transplant.” How did the president have all the power to legally take a whole group race and just intern them. Well first of all it was because of war hysteria, as well as for the very reason they were going to war with