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Pearl Harbor and Japanese Internment- Video Notes
Big Idea: After Pearl Harbor, many Americans began to fear and distrust the Japanese and Japanese-Americans alike. Measures were
taken to be sure that the Japanese living in the U.S. did not help the war effort of their homeland (Japan). At first, the measures against
them were small, but as war hysteria grew, so did the restrictions on Japanese-Americans.
1. On what date did the
Japanese attack Pearl
Harbor?
2. Who did Japan secretly form
an alliance with even though
they were leading the United
States to believe they wanted
to maintain peace?
3. What did President
Roosevelt say in his
famous speech about the
attack on Pearl Harbor?
4. What was the result of
President Roosevelt issuing
Executive Order 9066?
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941
December 7, 1941
Germany (Axis Powers)
a date which will live in infamy
The government had the authority
the United States of America was
banish and imprison anyone who
suddenly and deliberately
who posed a threat to national
security
attacked…”
5. Where were the Japanese
Americans moved to?
Internment Camps
6. What were conditions like
inside the internment camps?
Small living quarters, many were
incomplete but those living in the
camps turned them into small towns
with churches, schools, gardens and
sports. Nevertheless it was still a
prison.
7. In 1943 what was the only
way the Japanese
Americans could earn their
freedom back and leave the
Internment Camps?
By passing a long and confusing
loyalty questionnaire.
8. In what year were all
Japanese Americans finally
allowed to leave the
Internment Camps?
In 1945 all Japanese Americans
were released from Internment
Camps. However, they did not
return to “normal” lives because
their homes, business and
possessions had been sold.
So What? (Why is this important?)
Pearl Harbor: For the first time in American history the U.S. was attacked by a foreign enemy on American soil. The U.S. was attacked by Japan
without warning, and on the following day declared war on Japan officially entering WWII. In turn, Germany declared war on the United States
honoring the alliance made with Japan.
Japanese Internment: Japanese-Americans living on the west coast were forced to leave their lives, homes, jobs, businesses, schools, and communities to
live in Internment Camps. Internment Camps were prisons, and the forced relocation of Japanese Americans violated their rights as citizens.