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    While watching the video‚ “Reel Injun” it made me realize how much the First Nations people as a culture were impacted and wrongfully stereotyped. The video was very informative on how they were viewed and how the Western Europeans portrayed them in the Western Films. With the movies‚ the First Nations people were terribly stereotyped so that had a strong impact on how the rest of the world perceived them. There were many movies “They Died with their Boots on” depicted the First Nations people

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    Should the US have bombed Japan after Pearl Harbor? By Noah Richardson Yes‚ Pearl Harbor was an act of war and we had every right to retaliate using whatever force necessary. After being defeated and driven back to Japan‚ the Japanese military refused to surrender and the Japanese Emperor was encouraging his private citizens to protect their homeland from invasion. The rest of the world considered that the Japanese efforts t o take over the islands of the Pacific were unacceptable‚ especially

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    Hist. 1302 Assignment 18 Topaz Internment Camp The Topaz Internment Camp was a camp that illegally housed Japanese Americans and Japanese born immigrants from Japan. Shortly after the United States entry into World War II in 1939‚ about 120‚000 Japanese born and Japanese Americans were forced to live their homes in West Coast California and Washington in 1942 as a result of Executive order 9066 signed by President Franklin Roosevelt. The camp located in Utah‚ opened on September 11‚ 1942 and was

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    The treatment of Japanese Americans in America did not improve immediately after the war ended. The Japanese were still kept in camps six months after the war ended and unfavorable opinions lingered on the Japanese until the 1950s. They had a difficult time recovering after leaving the camps‚ as they had lost all of their money and land prior to their internment. The physical and mental impact this experience had on the internees was very detrimental to their lives and trust of Americans. This era

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    Make a copy of this doc.  Then...      Pearl Harbor Interactive Timeline Directions: Go to: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/pearl-harbor /?ar_a=1 and click on “Attack map”. Use the interactive map to answer the following questions. Please ensure you not only use the map but also read the “full Stories” and “I was there” segments. Attach this doc to edmodo when complete. Be sure your name is on it. 1. What is the exact date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

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    Not many people go through a big portion of their life with one arm. To do this you have to be willing to try new things and take lots of risks. Bethany Hamilton took those risks. For my IRP I choose to read Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton. It is an autobiography about Bethany’s journey after a terrible shark attack. She wasn’t afraid of the challenges after the shark attack that would hit her when she got home. Bethany was a young girl growing up on the island of Kauai. She lived a normal life

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    Japanese Americans on the west coast were interned into camps for many reasons that violated their civil Liberties‚ some including the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ the president then declaring war on Japan‚ with that causing war hysteria. Japanese Americans should have been given a fair chance to bring down the accusations made by non Japanese Americans. War hysteria has been part of many wars‚ including WWII. In this particular war the Japanese Americans lived in fear of being interned because of war

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    The Australian prisoners of Japanese war camps‚ during WWII‚ were treated worse than the prisoners in German war camps. The 2nd World War started in 1939 when France and Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. The leader of Germany was Adolf Hitler and the the leader of japan was Hidiki Jojo. The main topics will be How were the prisoners in German war camps treated?‚ How were the prisoners in Japanese war camps treated?‚ What is the difference between the camps? What were the

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    “A day which will live in infamy.” This quote was delivered by President Roosevelt after the attack that devastated the country. December 7th‚ 1941‚ the US Naval base called Pearl Harbor‚ was bombed by the Japanese. This attack had “awakened the sleeping giant” known as the United States. Pearl Harbor was a large turning point in WWI because it brought the US into war. Japan began to prepare for the attack. Japan was taking over countries‚ and the US didn’t like their growing power. The US sanctioned

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    Japanese-Canadians following post World War II suffered through the continued effects of the interment camps and were victims of racism. Hiromi Goto’s use of different form and structure throughout her book “Chorus of Mushrooms” emphasizes multicultural differences and applies deeper meaning to the context. Form is used to exemplify important parts of the story by bringing the focus into them. The author uses the bolded words “Mukashi‚ mukashi‚ omukashi” (Goto 18) before everyone of Obachans (Naoe)

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