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US Enters WWII Research Questions
Summarize the events of December 7, 1941.
 * On December 7,1941 Japan dropped a bomb on Pearl Harbor. This well-planned attack destoryed the U.S. battleship force, so they could not threat the expasion of the Japaneese Empire.

Describe the actions taken by the United States government following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 * The Japanese Americans and German Americans were sent to internment camps, and the US went into WWII.

What is an ‘alien enemy’?
 * An 'alien enemy' is any citizen of the same descent/ethnicity of the country the US is currently at war with.

Were all of the detainees considered ‘alien enemies’?
 * Yes all detainees were considered alien enemies.

How and why was the United States able to inter people of Japanese and German descent?
 * The Proclamations states that if the U.S. is in war with any other foreign nation and the President makes a public proclamation of the event, all citizens of that nation not naturalized in the U.S. can be restrained or removed as alien enemies.

What was the US government able to do as a result of Proclamations 2525 and 2526?
 * If you were from the nation that the U.S. was at war with, you were sent to internment camps and could be removed or arrested easily if you did something wrong.

What were the circumstances surrounding Proclamation 2525 and 2526? = =
 * The U.S. couldn't trust anyone that was from Germany and Japan, and since Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and Germany wanted the U.S. involved in the war, the U.S. took precautions for their safety by sending them to internment camps.

Concentration Camps vs Internment Camps Research Questions
What is the difference between a concentration camp and an internment camp? How were internment camps organized? Where were the internment camps?
 * The concentration camps were used to force for labor of its prisoners and they were considered as "death camps" and the internment camps were detention centers for alien enemies.
 * They were used all over countries but they were used in varied sizes.
 * Internment camps were in many places, the most were in California, Texas and the North East.

What was life like in the internment camps? Were there different internment camps for Japanese and Germans? How were the Japanese and German camps similar and different?
 * In the camps, there was no plumming or cooking. The buildings were filled with many families & it was crowded. Some of the internment camps were in Wyoming and many people were unprepared for the harsh weather by not having appropriate clothing for the cold temperatures.
 * Yes they were.
 * They both were in the public and they both were something related to "alien enemy".

Where were the internment camps?
 * Internment camps were in many places, the most were in California, Texas and the North East.

Japanese Americans Research Questions
How did the attack on Pearl Harbor affect the lives of Japanese Americans?
 * The attack changed many lives of Japanese Americans because they were then thought of as "alien enemies" and were looked at as traitors. They were also sent to internment camps because the couldnt't be trusted.

How were they treated before and after the bombing?
 * Before the bombing they were considered as normal immigrants or citizens.
 * After the bombing they were considered traitors or people who were on the enemies side.

Why were they treated this way?
 * People thought that they were on the Japaneese side, and were against the U.S.

Were Japanese Americans sympathetic to or against what Japan was doing?

In what ways was this similar and different to how Jews were treated in Germany?

Who were the Nisei, Issei, and Kibei?
 * Issei - Japaneese imargated to U.S (born in Japan)
 * Nisei- born in America and taught american, there parents were Issei
 * Kibei- born in America but taught mostly or all in Japaneese.

Notes about personal story one.
 * A solider was told the the Japaneese werent human beings.
 * had one week to get ready
 * can only bring what you could cary.
 * Fresno Assembly Center a place they were dropped off and put in a barbed wire fence.
 * felt like animals
 * sent to permanant camps in places like Topaz
 * sand & food mix
 * no luxuries

Notes about personal story two. She was released early and moved to St. Louis
 * Bess K. Chin was a Japanese American that was send to an internment camp in Heart Mountain, Wyoming.

Notes about personal story three.
 * Janet Daijogo was in an internment camp from ages 5-8. located in Topaz, Utah. The military had searched her house after the bombing. All the Japanese Americans had to go to dessignated soon after. The barracks they lived in the camps were hastily put together.

Notes about personal story four.

Notes about personal story five.


 * NOTES FOR STORY

name: Hanako (Hana) age: 10 familly members: mom, twin, brother, and dad.

My name is Hanako Suzuki, Hana for short. I was only 10 years old. It was the year of 1941. My family was living in Utah. My mother & father are what you would call Issei, or people born in Japan. My life was just like any normal childs life. We were a happy family, with many luxuries. It was breakfast time, and we were sitting at the table listening to the radio as we did every morning. It shouted "BREAKING NEWS!!! the Japaneese have bombed Pearl Harbor." When we heard this we were shocked at the news. We continued our day as any normal day. My sister, brother, and I went to school. My parents went to work. At school, I felt as if all eyes were on me, I felt like an out cast, a traitor. We came home and ate dinner as a family. Every one was quiet, execpt for the stories told about the day, and how everyone treated them differently. My mother send us off to bed, she as well as my father went to their bedroom. There came a knock at the door, and the military came in. They searched the house up & down looking for bombs, at the moment I felt as if i didnt belong here, as if i wasnt a natural born citizen. The next few days, we continued going to school and work. I was scared everyday. I begged my mother & father not to make me go to school, but they did. At school, everyone was acting weird. None of my American friends would talk to me. Not even Lucy, my best friend, would play with me. Teachers wouldnt even call on me in class. I had to make friends with the other Japanese people in my class. Every day, more and more of my family's friends were being taken away, depriving them of what they came to America for, freedom. T Then, it was our turn. We were given a warning, to pack up all of our stuff ASAP. We packed everything we could, but it wasn't much. We were told only to bring what we could carry. The soilders came in the next morning and brought us to an Assembly center, I beleive it was called the Frezno Assembly Center. This place was fenced in barbed wire, and we felt like caged animals, no longer humans. My parents were extremely fightened. They had no idea where we were being brought, and what was going to happen there. Many believed we would be treated cruley and maybe killed. Everyone was able to be upset easily, and many arguments started. All of us were innocent, we were loyal Americans. We were brought in a cart to the internment camp in Frenzo. Every day was the same. There was no running water, we only had a small stove in the room, and one small lightbulb. When we woke up, we got dressed and went to the middle of the street to take showers, wash up, and brush our teeth. There was usually a line. After that, we went to a separte building for our meals. If you didnt have your meal ticket, or you were late you were unable to eat, so we tried to get there on time everyday. During the rest of the time, there was nothing really to do. T.V.s werent invented at the time, and we had left our radio at home because we couldnt carry it. At night we would just stay in our room.

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