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toc **Use this page to collect notes, media and citations for your research. Answer each question with facts and details, adding links and citations for sources as you go.**

**US Enters WWII Research Questions**

//Summarize the events of December 7, 1941.//
 * On December 7, 1941 Japanese planes dropped bombs and torpedos on a U.S. Naval base on Pearl Harbor.The attack left 2,400 Americans dead and 1,200 injuried.

//Describe the actions taken by the United States government following the attack on Pearl Harbor.//
 * The day after the attack the government held a joint session and FDR declared war on the Empire of Japan.

//What is an ‘alien enemy’?//
 * An alien enemy is an immigrant from a country that the U.S is at war or having problems with.

//Were all of the detainees considered ‘alien enemies’?//
 * All detainees were considered alien enemies because they were citizens of a country in which the U.S was having problems with.

//How and why was the United States able to inter people of Japanese and German descent?//
 * The U.S detained them by sending them to Internment camps. They were afraid that the alien enemies were spying on the U.S and would tell the enemy countries the U.S's plan.

//What was the US government able to do as a result of Proclamations 2525 and 2526?//
 * The U.S is able to apprehend, restrain, secure, and remove all alien enemies. This is able to happen if and when the President makes a public proclamation.

//What were the circumstances surrounding Proclamation 2525 and 2526?//
 * Proclamation 2525 and 2526 allowed the government to send alien enemies to internment camps if war was declared. The alien enemies were given certain rules to abide by or they would face consequences.

**Concentration Camps vs Internment Camps Research Questions**

//What is the difference between a concentration camp and an internment camp?//
 * The U.S internment camps were camps created during a war that are holding places/ detention centers for alien enemies. The Nazi concentration camps were camps used for forced labor of its prisoners. They were considered "death camps." [|internment vs concentration]

//How were internment camps organized?//
 * Internment camps were used throughout the country but varied in sizes. Internees could not have certain items in their possession. Camps gave the internees a house and freedom to roam the camp.

//Where were the internment camps?//
 * Many internment camps were located on the east coast in the New England area, in Texas, and on the west coast mainly in California. Camps were also spread out through the country.

//What types of facilities did the US use to contain enemy aliens?//
 * The facilities that internment camps used to contain alien enemies ranged from detention centers, army camps, Department of Justice facilities, forset camps, and State department sites like hotels and resorts.

**German Americans Research Questions**

//How did life change for German Americans after the start of WWII?//
 * Life for Germans changed dramatically after WWII began. They went from living a normal American life to being held in internment camps and questioned about being Nazis.

//How were they treated by Americans and others in the US?//
 * The Germans were cheated out of land and were told constant lies. Americans lokked down upon the Germans after WWII.

//Why were they treated this way?//
 * Americans didn't trust the Germans because of the chance that they could be Nazi/Hitler supporters.

//Were German Americans sympathetic to or against Hitler and the Nazis?//
 * They were against the Nazis and Hitler because they had escaped from them and didn't want to be forced into the Nazi party.

//How did their support of or lack of support for Hitler affect their lives in the US?//
 * If Germans had made even a minor statement about Hitler that said he had done something good or if something good was done while he was in power they would be interned.

//Notes about personal story one.//
 * Ebel: Came to U.S escaping Germany and was treated like a Nazi. Interned after filling in questionaire. Lived in tents that flooded. Were given little help from gov. for medical reasons.

//Notes about personal story two.//
 * Graber: FBI came to question him. Months later the family was arrested and taken to Texas. brought to camp. Bungalow. Hot

//Notes about personal story three.//
 * Eberhardt: Transferred to U.S from Romania. Camp Kennedy, TX. Romanian property confiscated. Hard Labor. Lost touch with family. Sons died. Life forever changed.

//Notes about personal story four.//
 * Ahrens: Worked on SS Clio. Interned. Arrested after passport expired. Joined U.S army to fight Germany. Became U.S citizen. In intelligence unit. Got married and died at 45.

//Notes about personal story five.//
 * Greis: Didn't become citizens mistake. Moved from Germany to Milwaukee. Dad taken. Family outcasted. Ellis Island. Ft. Lincoln. Mom breakdown. Transfer to Crystal City, TX. Left 1yr after war. Brother served U.S army.