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US Enters WWII Research Questions
Summarize the events of December 7, 1941.
 * On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked the United States.

Describe the actions taken by the United States government following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 * After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Proclamations 2525, 2526, and 2527, which called German, Italian and Japanese nationals enemy aliens.

What is an ‘alien enemy’? A citizen of the U.S. who is from the country that the U.S. is at war with.

Were all of the detainees considered ‘alien enemies’?
 * Yes, because they were citizens of the US, who came from the country that the US is at war with.

How and why was the United States able to inter people of Japanese and German descent?
 * They sent them to Internament camps. They thought the that they was spying on the United States & would reveal their plan to enemy countries

What was the US government able to do as a result of Proclamations 2525 and 2526?
 * When a president makes a public proclamation, the U.S. is allowed to apprehend, restrain, secure, and remove alien enemies.

What were the circumstances surrounding Proclamation 2525 and 2526?
 * All Japanese & German citizens of the U.S. were to be contained and removed from the public because they were related to the war.

Concentration Camps vs Internment Camps Research Questions
What is the difference between a concentration camp and an internment camp?
 * People were sent to concentration camps because of their religious and political beliefs. People were sent to internment camps because the US saw them as a risk to national security. ([|citation])

How were internment camps organized?
 * It was overcrowded and had bad living conditions. They lived in tarpaper-covered houses without plumbing or anything to cook with. ([|citation])

Where were the internment camps?
 * There were alot in California & Texas. There were also internment camps in Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, and other states.

What types of facilities did the US use to contain enemy aliens?
 * army facilities, detention facilities, permanent internment facilities, temporary detention facilities, Latin American Detention Facilities, Forest camps, Department of Justice Internment Facilities

Japanese Americans Research Questions
How did the attack on Pearl Harbor affect the lives of Japanese Americans?
 * They were forced to relocate to "War Relocation Camps". If you lived on the west coast of the US, you were interned, and if you lived in hawaii, an additional 1,200 to 1,800 Japanese Americans were interned. 62% of them were US citizens.

How were they treated before and after the bombing?
 * Before the bombing, most people were anti-Japanese. The "Oriental Exclusion Law" didn't let Japanese people attain citizenship. After the bombing, they were descriminated, and people did horrible things to them. Anyone who looked Japanese was treated cruely. [|(cite)]

Why were they treated this way?
 * Because the attack on Pearl Harbor led to suspicion that the Japanese were planning an attack on the West Coast.

Were most Japanese Americans sympathetic to or against what Japan was doing?
 * Japanese Americans didnt like what Japan was doing because Japan ruined their lives in the U.S.

In what ways was this similar and different to how Jews were treated in Germany?
 * Jews were treated worst then slaves. In German concentration camps, the goal was to kill Jews. In interment camps, the goal was to keep the US safe.

Who were the Nisei, Issei and Kibei? Issei: A japanese immigrant to the US Kibei:A person born in the US of immigrant parents.
 * Nisei: A person born in the US of parents who emigrated from Japan

Notes about personal story one.
 * Norman Mineta was born in San Jose, California. Nisei, first generation American. relocation centers, barbed wire around, guarded with soldiers that were armed. Homes had no water or heat. There wasn't a lot of privacy. Public bathrroms. Camps had medical care & schools for jap.-amer. Soon a lot of young adults sent to do farm and defense work, college, or military.After pearl harbor, sent to famous horse-racing track that was turned into internment camp.

Notes about personal story two.
 * Marielle Tsukamoto was sent to internment camp in florin, CA (Fresno County). Layal american, but had Japanese Ancestors. One lightbulb and small stove in camp. Go to middle of block to use bathroom.big lines for restroom. seperate bulding for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 2 session. forgot ticket, couldnt eat. metal trays, wooden tables and benches. At night stay in room. When had to leave farm, everyone was worried. Thought they wouldn't be treated well, maybe killed.no reason to be sent to camps.racist and didnt want japanese to own land & prosper.Racism, prejudice, grred & lack of political leadership caused evactuation and internment.

Notes about personal story three.
 * Masaru Kawaguchi. Boy Scout. Washington high school where played for champ basketball team. after us joined war, travel restriction meant no more sports activities. sent to internment camp in Topaz, Utah for 2 years at age 16. 7 kids in their family. 4 sisters, 2 brothers, and him. Father worked as farmer, then opened tire store, then gardener. Mom was a housewife. Lived in San Fran, CA in Japantown on Sutter Street. restricted

Notes about personal story four.
 * Paul Ohtaki. Born on Bainbridge Islnd. Went to lincoln school & lincoln hish school. then taken into Manzanar Relocation Center. Then went to Hunt, idaho. Then went to chicago to wokfor a year. then drafted to Military Intelligece Language (Japanese Language School). US was in a depression (1933), Franklin Roosevelt initiated unemployment and Fedral Home Act when they gave loans so families could buy houses. Asian descent couldnt apply for these things.Dad became strawbeyy farmer, most Jap. - Amer. people were. Somebought land in childrens name thanks to Oriental Exclusion Act. Dated secrectly (inter-racial dating)

Notes about personal story five.
 * Janet Daijogo. Whe 5, WW2 began n Pearl Harbor bombed. Relocaed to Tanforan (assembly center) then went to Topaz, Utah (relocation camp). Dust storm. 20 pupils in class. Learned to read. Learned English, didn't speak Japanese.Notices on telephone psts tha said all Jap.-Amer. needed to go to certain areas (Tanforan (very chaotic). Lived in barracks.Cracks in ground. Dry ice near barbed wire. Went from Tanforan to Topaz. Long train ride, very hot.

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