Prejudice During Ww2
Many Americans did not oppose to placing the Japanese into relocation camps or fight against the relocation policy because the United States government decided to remove thousands of Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Prejudice, wartime hysteria, and politics all contributed to the United States government during World War II. Prejudice contributed to the government because on December 7, 1941, the United States entered World War II once the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Wartime hysteria played a big role during World War II because the Japanese were being forced to relocate based on the possibility of them sabotaging the war by being a part of the communist party. Many Japanese voluntarily tried to relocate themselves due to their family
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If Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor, the United States government would not have fired back. Due to the dropping of the bombs, approximately 65,000 people were killed while 50,000 were injured in severe condition. Everyone who was out during the dropping of the bombs, suffered serious burns on areas that were not covered by clothing. According to Japan, Japan would have surrendered before the atomic bomb, a bomb that derives its powers releasing nuclear energy causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity, were being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese soldiers felt as if they would not be victorious due to weaknesses they had in their military such as low confidence. After the attack between America and Japan, The Cold War slowly began causing greater tension between the …show more content…
The activity that the government made after the attack on Pearl Harbor led to President Roosevelt summoning forces to bomb raid Japan as soon as possible. Once the demand was requested, two of Japan's cities were attacked with nuclear bombs. On August 6 and August 9 1945, the first atomic bombs used for military purposes were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reaction that the Japanese gave off from the bomb was fear and uncontrolled terror that strengthened the horror of destruction that was witnessed by the survivors. Japan’s leaders began accepting unconditional surrender because of the realization of the Japanese armed forces losing their ability to protect the people and low livelihood confidence in victory and determination to continue on the
If Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor, the United States government would not have fired back. Due to the dropping of the bombs, approximately 65,000 people were killed while 50,000 were injured in severe condition. Everyone who was out during the dropping of the bombs, suffered serious burns on areas that were not covered by clothing. According to Japan, Japan would have surrendered before the atomic bomb, a bomb that derives its powers releasing nuclear energy causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity, were being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese soldiers felt as if they would not be victorious due to weaknesses they had in their military such as low confidence. After the attack between America and Japan, The Cold War slowly began causing greater tension between the …show more content…
The activity that the government made after the attack on Pearl Harbor led to President Roosevelt summoning forces to bomb raid Japan as soon as possible. Once the demand was requested, two of Japan's cities were attacked with nuclear bombs. On August 6 and August 9 1945, the first atomic bombs used for military purposes were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reaction that the Japanese gave off from the bomb was fear and uncontrolled terror that strengthened the horror of destruction that was witnessed by the survivors. Japan’s leaders began accepting unconditional surrender because of the realization of the Japanese armed forces losing their ability to protect the people and low livelihood confidence in victory and determination to continue on the