Franklin D Roosevelt's Accomplishments
In the early stages of World War ll, Japanese Americans were living in peace on the West Coast. All was well until Pearl Harbor wreaked havoc about the United States of America. Billy, a Japanese American who lived to see that time, and was one of the many Japanese Americans who was sent to internment camps, because of their race. Because he and others like him had the same roots as those who bombed Pearl Harbor. The same roots. Not belief, not actions, not because of anything that they had control over. It was mere because of where they came from. If Franklin D. Roosevelt took to mind that he was forcing people out of their homes and lives, just because of where they came from and not that they did anything wrong----the horror that we know
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In the 1930’s the worldwide Great Depression was in play, and the economy was failing. Billy was born in 1930, and by the time he was 11, things were looking up. Jobs were growing, small businesses were doing well, such as Billy’s family grocery store. There was finally hope that an immigrant in the U.S. could lead a successful life. “On the morning of December 7, 1941, something happened that would change America forever. Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, a U.S. military base in Hawaii,”(6). More than 2,300 Americans were killed that day, more than 1,200 were injured. Acts of terror like these strike fear. If one apple goes bad, then surely all the apples in the orchard have gone bad as well. This was the direct mentality that the United States government went by. What better way is there to deal with fear than to lock up all of their kind in various internment camps? “Throughout U.S. history, newcomers have often been viewed with mistrust and suspicion. It was no different for Japanese immigrants. By the early 1900s, many had settled on the West Coast. They faced intense prejudice. They could not own property or become citizens.” The bombing of Pearl Harbor only made
In the 1930’s the worldwide Great Depression was in play, and the economy was failing. Billy was born in 1930, and by the time he was 11, things were looking up. Jobs were growing, small businesses were doing well, such as Billy’s family grocery store. There was finally hope that an immigrant in the U.S. could lead a successful life. “On the morning of December 7, 1941, something happened that would change America forever. Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, a U.S. military base in Hawaii,”(6). More than 2,300 Americans were killed that day, more than 1,200 were injured. Acts of terror like these strike fear. If one apple goes bad, then surely all the apples in the orchard have gone bad as well. This was the direct mentality that the United States government went by. What better way is there to deal with fear than to lock up all of their kind in various internment camps? “Throughout U.S. history, newcomers have often been viewed with mistrust and suspicion. It was no different for Japanese immigrants. By the early 1900s, many had settled on the West Coast. They faced intense prejudice. They could not own property or become citizens.” The bombing of Pearl Harbor only made