Introduction
During World War II, Japanese-Americans were forced to live in "Internment Camps." The question which many people have been asking for years is "WHY?" You task is to UNCOVER information which reveals the fact and fears which created a situation in which Japanese-Americans had their FREEDOM and CIVIL RIGHTS taken away from them. And then you will try to answer the BIG QUESTION: Was the U.S. government justified in putting Japanese-Americans into Internment Camps?
Questions
1. When did the Japanese start coming to the U.S.?
2. What kinds of discriminatory policies did the Japanese face in the U.S.?
3. What did the Japanese government and military do in Asia that made Americans fearful and angry about the Japanese?
4. What happened at Pearl Harbor? Why were Americans especially outraged by this event?
5. What groups and persons lobbied President Roosevelt to put Japanese-Americans into camps?
6. What were some of the fears and concerns about the Japanese and Japanese-Americans at the start of the war?
7. What and when was the official order to intern the Japanese?
8. How much time did Japanese-Americans have to prepare to leave in the camps and what were they allowed to bring?
9. How many were interned? Where were the camps?
10. What was life like in the camps?
11. How did Japanese-Americans prove their loyalty during the war?
12. How many acts of sabotage were committed by Japanese-Americans against the U.S during the war?
13. Who were America's enemies during WWII?
14. Were any other ethnic groups put into internment camps?
15. What happened to Japanese-American children who were in orphanages?
16. What happened to Japanese-American spouses who were married to non-Japanese-American spouses?
17. How many Japanese-Americans refused to serve in the U.S. military? How many did serve?
18. How many Japanese went to Japan from the camps?
19. What happened to Japanese-Americans who refused to serve in the U.S. military?
20.What was the 442nd Japanese-American military regiment? What were their accomplishments?
Internet Resources
The Cause Of World War II
A Story of a Japanese American
During World War II
Japanese Life
During World War II
The Japanese
Internment Camp
History of the Japanese American
Internment 1942-1945
Japanese
American Internment
History of the Japanese American
Internment During WWII
Internment and Evacuation of
San Francisco Japanese - 1942
Internment of Japanese
Americans: Military Necessity or Racial Prejudice?
Internment Camps at Tule
Lake and Topaz
The decision to Evacuate
the Japanese From the Pacific Coast
Korematsu
vs. United States
Children of the Camps
Conscience
and the Constitution
Some Facts About Internment
Tom Tomczak, Teacher, and Wei Lui, AP
student, collaborated to develop this web hunt.