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US Enters WWII Research Questions
Summarize the events of December 7, 1941.
 * An unexpected raid of Japanese airplanes attacked the U.S. and bombed them completely. The U.S. was taken by surprise and wasn't prepared for war. They didnt know what to do and had to act fast. A lot of U.s. soldiers were killed and injured

Describe the actions taken by the United States government following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 * If anyone should attack or invade the U.S. the government is able to remove them from that ethnicity that is over the age of fourteen from the country.

What is an ‘alien enemy’?
 * An alien enemy is a person who is in a fight with a country.

Were all of the detainees considered ‘alien enemies’?
 * All detainees were considered alien enemies because they were Japanese.

How and why was the United States able to inter people of Japanese and German descent?
 * The United States were able to inter people of Japanese and German descent by having the power to arrest and hold in detention and they weren't alowed to be released because they United States thought they were a threat to the country.

What was the US government able to do as a result of Proclamations 2525 and 2526?
 * The US government was able to secure their country.

What were the circumstances surrounding Proclamation 2525 and 2526?
 * The bombing of the U.S. by the Japanese caused President Roosevelt to issue the proclamation.

Concentration Camps vs Internment Camps Research Questions
What is the difference between a concentration camp and an internment camp?


 * The difference between a concentration camps and internment camps are that in concentration camps, the people are being killed and internement camps they aren't.

How were internment camps organized?


 * People are transfered from camp to camp and were guarded.

Where were the internment camps?


 * Internment camps were places where the prisoners were being kept.

What was life like in the internment camps ?


 * Life in the internment camps was distrupting and people were seperated from their families.

Were there different internment camps for Japanese and Germans?
 * Yes there were different interment camps for Japanese and Germans. They were located in different places.

How were the Japanese and German camps similar and different?
 * They all contained and held people from the public.

German Americans Research Questions
How did life change for German Americans after the start of WWII?
 * German American's life changes because they suffered for something their ancestors did.

How were they treated by Americans and others in the US?
 * They were given lack of freedom and were abused severly.

Why were they treated this way?
 * They were treated this way becuase the Americans thought that they betrayed their country.

Were German Americans sympathetic to or against Hitler and the Nazis?
 * Germans were against hitler and the Natzis.

How did their support of or lack of support for Hitler affect their lives in the US?
 * They were being mistreated in the U.S. whether they supported Hilter or not by raids, ransacking homes, being excluded and having no freedom.

Notes about personal story one. Notes about personal story two. He and His brother Warren were arrested.
 * They were taken to the city police station and booked on suspicion, fingerprinted, and were taken into the Hamilton County Prison.
 * Eberhard E. Fuhr was taken home and told to take clothes that last for 2 days. That was the last time he saw his house.
 * In Crystal City he met a Japanese for the very first time.
 * He was interned when he was 17 and released when he was 22.
 * His parents were interned and his 12 year old brother. They were German aliens.
 * Harry Truemen still thought that German Americans were dangerous and should be sent to their countries.
 * When Graber was young he was bombed in Grensbach, Germany.

Notes about personal story three.
 * Many camps were operated by the Department of Justice in the U.S.
 * Dad was being interned during WW2
 * Dad was a German nationally.

Notes about personal story four.
 * Dad and our family were put in a cell.
 * People of German descsent were being interned.
 * Without the father the three of them were on their own and had difficult time.
 * My mother was released.

Notes about personal story five.
 * The nation frightened every foreign face from another country.
 * They were shipped to Ellis Island for citizenship.
 * There were militaries and barbed wire so none can escape.