WWII Reading Questions http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=15&smtID=2 1. Who was Joe Louis‚ why is he important‚ and why did he help to increase black enlistment into the military? He was important because he defeated a white boxer and encouraged blacks to enlist in the army 2. What was the first concentration camp and when was it set up? Dachau‚ 1933 3. What groups of people were targeted during the Holocaust? Jews‚ Gypsies‚ Polish Catholic‚ Russians‚ mentally and physically
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Throughout United States history‚ various groups have faced discrimination. The federal and state governments have taken actions that have either protected or limited the rights of these groups in American society. Two examples of groups that faced discrimination are Native American Indians and Japanese Americans. In both cases‚ theses groups have had their natural rights violated and were forced to move from their homes. Ever since we settled here on this land‚ we have pushed aside the Native Americans
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References: Key Internet Sources Personal Injury (Nolo) Torts Notebook - Korematsu Law Library Useful Offnet (or Subscription - $) Sources Good Starting Point in Print: Prosser and Keeton‚ Hornbook on Torts‚ West Group (1984)
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albeit with Japanese ancestry‚ to concentration camps‚ which oppressed their rights as a U.S. citizen. Although the interment of the Japanese-Americans violated the Constituion‚ some argue that “under conditions of modern warfare” (Document D‚ The Korematsu Supreme Court‚ paragraph 1)‚ rights can be restricted “under circumstances of direstemergncy and peril” (paragraph 1). Their argument would be valid‚ of course‚ if they actually had real and sufficient evidence that would incriminate the
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In “1879‚ Senator Carlos Smith of New Haven introduced able to the Connecticut state legislature entitled‚ An Act to Amend an Act Concerning Offenses against Decency‚ Morality and Humanity. While most states regulated the sale and advertisement of contraceptives‚ Connecticut banned them altogether” ( Connecticut and the Comstock Law). The 1879 law further provided that “ any person who assists‚ abets‚ counsels‚causes‚ hires or commands another to commit any offense may be prosecuted and punished
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Clay Baggett Race and Ethnicity Japanese Internment Camps of World War II To be the enemy‚ or not to be the enemy‚ that is the question. After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ many Americans believed that the Japanese Americans‚ also called Nikkei‚ were disloyal and associated with the enemy. There were rumors that they exchanged military information and had hidden connections. None of these claims were ever proven. The U.S. government became increasingly paranoid about this new problem
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We write in response to Liam Stewart’s recent columns‚ “A Writer’s Response” and “Democrats applaud judicial overreach‚ again.” In doing so‚ we do not attack this specific author; instead‚ we counter the arguments currently employed to justify President Trump’s failed immigration ban‚ as represented by Stewart in the aforementioned articles. In “A Writer’s Response‚” Stewart examines the issue of immigration law in the United States. He claims that the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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rights become less important than security especially when during war. Hirabayashi was a case which upheld the conviction of a Japanese American who violated a curfew imposed on him due to his race and ancestry after Pearl Harbor. More famously‚ Korematsu highlights this tension‚ where the Supreme Court felt it was constitutional for American Citizens to be detained without any sort of due process due to their race. Even the case of Schenck
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“Discrimination continued during World War II despite the patriotism of all groups of Americans” Despite the war-time of American patriotism an alarming increase of racial stereotype continued. Xenophobia prompted discrimination against Japanese‚ Mexicans‚ and African-American during World War II. Regardless of American standards of equality‚ many classes of Americans‚ such as African-‚ Japanese-‚ and Mexican-Americans experienced severe discrimination due to conservative views on race and growing
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American government in a series of deadly attacks on 9/11 that killed over 3000 people and injured scores of others. The United States declared an act of war against Terrorism and soon was heavily involved in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Similar to the Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) Supreme Court cases where Congress authorization forces the government to comply with an order. The 9/11 cases were no ordinary in nature but it was different from similar cases. One must understand the complexity of the cases and
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