Transcript Japanese Internment World War II

Internment
World War II
Anti-Japanese
Sentiment
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about Interment Camps in the
United States?
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Deportation
Transition to
Camps
The Camps
Camp Life
Where their other “Aliens” that
were subjected to “camps” and
interment ?
YES
Alien Registration
Act
of
1940
• illegal for anyone in the
United States to advocate,
abet, or teach the
desirability of overthrowing
the government
• required all alien residents
in the United States over 14
years of age to file a
comprehensive statement of
their personal and
occupational status and a
record of their political
beliefs
Presidential Proclamations 2525
Dec. 7, 1941
Presidential Proclamations 2526
Dec. 7, 1941
Presidential Proclamations 2527
Dec. 7, 1941
• Jan. 1942 : certificates of
identification to all "enemy aliens"
aged 14 and older
- Approximately one million enemy
aliens reregister
• Jan.- Feb. 1942: In cooperation
with the military, the DOJ
establishes numerous, small
prohibited zones strictly forbidden
to all enemy aliens. DOJ also
establishes extensive "restricted
areas" in which enemy aliens are
subject to stringent curfew and
travel restrictions, particularly on
the West Coast.
Executive Order 9066
Feb. 19, 1942
• Authorizes the internment of Japanese,
German, and Italian Enemy Aliens
- More than 120,000 Japanese
- approximately 11,000 Germans
- 3200 Italians arrested, 300
incarcerated
Japanese Internment Camps
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