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US Enters WWII Research Questions
Summarize the events of December 7, 1941. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

Describe the actions taken by the United States government following the attack on Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt gave a famous speech that declared war on Japan, and that pulled the United States into WWII. They also declared all Japanese, including Japanese-Americans, as 'alien enemies' and treated them very badly.

What is an ‘alien enemy’? Whenever there is a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government, and the President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being of the age of fourteen years and upward, who shall be within the United States and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as alien enemies. The President is authorized in any such event, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed, on the part of the United States, toward the aliens who become so liable; the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall be permitted, and to provide for the removal of those who, not being permitted to reside within the United States, refuse or neglect to depart therefrom; and to establish any other regulations which are found necessary in the premises and for the public safety.

Were all of the detainees considered ‘alien enemies’? Yes, all detainees were concidered 'alien enemies' because they were held in custody and they had restrictions just like the rest of the alien enemies.

What was the US government able to do as a result of Proclamations 2525 and 2526? They were able to restrict Japanese-Americans and German-Americans enough to make sure they weren't passing any messages to their home countries that could help them win the war.

How and why was the United States able to inter people of Japanese and German descent?

Japanese- One of America's largest undertakings in the name of national defense during World War II was the mass exclusion and evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from California, the western halves of Oregon and Washington, and southern Arizona. Persons of Japanese descent were also removed from Alaska, and efforts were begun for what was initially intended to be a substantial transfer of such persons from Hawaii to the mainland.

German- Thousands of German aliens and German Americans are arrested, interned, excluded, paroled, exchanged and generally harassed by a suspicious country. Few know why they are interned or for how long. Mental anguish, anger, guilt and shame are common. Armed guards and guard dogs watch over internees living in huts or dorms in barren parts of the country surrounded by barbed wire, observed from guard towers. All mail is censored. Contact with the outside world is severely limited. DOJ generally ignores their requests, requiring unobtainable “new evidence” for consideration of appeals. Some are granted rehearings, pursuant to which an even smaller number are released. Released internees do not know why or ever learn why they were interned. Many internees are pressured to repatriate. Some are exchanged against their will.

Concentration Camps vs Internment Camps Research Questions
What is the difference between a concentration camp and an internment camp? An internment camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, enemy aliens, people with mental illness, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, usually during a war.

A concentration camp is one for the internment of political prisoners, foreign nationals, etc., esp. as organized by the Nazi regime in Germany before and during the war of 1939-45.

How were internment camps organized? Prisoner-of-war camps are internment camps intended specifically for holding members of an enemy's armed forces as defined in the Third Geneva Convention, and the treatment of whom is specified in that Convention.

Where were the internment camps? Early civilizations such as the Assyrians used forced resettlement of populations as a means of controlling territory,[|[][|3][|]] but it was not until much later in the late 19th and the 20th centuries that records exist of groups of civilian non-combatants being concentrated into large prison camps.

What was life like in the internment camps? The term is used for facilities where inmates are selected according to some specific criteria, rather than individuals who are incarcerated after due process of law fairly applied by a judiciary.

Were there different internment camps for Japanese and Germans? Yes, there were different internment camps for the Japanese and the Germans, because those were two different parts of the war that in no way contacted with each other besides both being parts of WWII.

How were the Japanese and German camps similar and different? Japanese and German camps both held many in them with bad conditions and little to no food. There was no hygiene and inhuman ways of living.

Japanese camps were facilities where inmates are selected according to some specific criteria, rather than individuals who are incarcerated after due process of law fairly applied by a judiciary.

Geman camps held Jewish people from everywhere in Europe for the sole reason of being Jewish.

German Americans Research Questions
How did life change for German Americans after the start of WWII? German famlies would be split up do to the fact that parts would be German-born and would get sent to internmant camps. Most would have their houses taken away and their bank accounts frozen and would be held in camps with poor conditions.

How were they treated by Americans and others in the US? German-Americans would be shunned by Americans in the US. Once friendly neighbors turned into sworn enemies giving them harsh looks everytime they would walk by.

Why were they treated this way? Many Americans believed that because Hitler and the Germans in Germany were taking over Europe and killing Jewish people that all Germans thought like that and wanted to follow them. They believed all Germans were dangerous, even the ones in America who had nothing to do with the war besides being German.

Were German Americans sympathetic to or against Hitler and the Nazis? German Americans were against Hitler and the Nazis because the German Americans didn't live in Germany and therefore they did not agree with Hitler's ideas.

How did their support of or lack of support for Hitler affect their lives in the US? It affected their lives by helping them make it through the war alive although probably still in interment camps.

Notes about personal story one. -They witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor. -Her parents were in charge of a nursing home. -Her parents were taken away by two men. -They then took away her older sister. -Her parents and sister were accused of being alien enemies even though they were all American citizens. -Her parents were advised to give a power-of-attorney over all of their property and “belongings” or else their property would be confiscated. They both reluctantly signed. -Women and men slept in cots not a foot away from each other in the same clothing they were captured in. -The storywriter and her little sister were sent to live with their strict aunt. They were not to tell anyone of who they are except that they were refugees. They were threatened with the orphanage. -She saw her parents again and was allowed to visit them on the weekends. -Feeling of being an outcast. -tHer parents and sister were released on parole but still had to report to a probation officer once a week until the end of //martial law// which was not lifted until October 24, 1944.

Notes about personal story two. -Max Ebel came to the United States to be free, but when war came, he was sent to an internment camp. -He told little of his experiences. -He was in a German version of the Boy Scouts. -Pressure to join the Nazis was intense. -He left Germany because of the Nazis, but in America he was concidered a Nazi. -Ebel got arrested for a little nightstand he had. To this day he still doesn't know why. -He wanted to serve America but didn't want to fight in Germany because he had a lot of family there. That brought a lot of suspicion. -If you wanted privacy you had to hang a mat down from your bunk. -Volunteered to work for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

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