Japanese internment camps. Justice Hugo Black stated that although the exclusion order imposed hardships upon a large number of Japanese-American citizens‚ hardships are part of war. Justice Black goes on to say that the curtail of the civil rights of a single racial group should immediately be suspect and be looked into (Korematsu v. United States 323 U.S. 214).That courts should subject any law that infringes on the civil rights of a racial group should be looked under the most scrutiny like as
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This investigation assesses the extent to which Japanese American internment from 1942 to 1946 was a violation of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution‚ which declares that‚ “No person shall be… deprived of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law.” The question must be asked in order to examine the legality of the actions taken by the US government in opposition to American citizens of Japanese extraction (Nisei) and their immigrant parents (Issei). To determine this
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Hancock U.S. History 1302 Wednesday 1800-2100 15 October 2008 After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941‚ the United States was filled with panic. Along the Pacific coast of the U.S.‚ where residents feared more Japanese attacks on their cities‚ homes‚ and businesses‚ this feeling was especially great. During the time preceding World War II‚ there were approximately 112‚000 persons of Japanese descent living in California‚ Arizona‚ and coastal Oregon and Washington. These
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“I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps” (George Takei). Japanese internment was a result of the Pearl Harbor bombing. The bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred just before 8:00 a.m. on December 7th‚ 1941. The Japanese bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu Hawaii on the island of Oahu. The Japanese bombing left more than 2‚000 American soldiers and sailors dead and 1‚000 wounded. The bombing nearly destroyed 20 naval vessels‚ including eight
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Look at Japanese Internment of WWII To start off‚ the definition of internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people‚ commonly in large groups‚ without trial. (The Oxford English Dictionary[->0] 1989) Japanese Americans in 1942 were taken to internment camps during WWII because of suspicions of their allegiance and dedication to the United States. Any Japanese American regardless of citizenship status was incarcerated. In early 1943 a loyalty questionare was issued within the camps. If the
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Japanese Internment During World War II in February of 1942 President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066‚ demanding that all Japanese-Americans be relocated to internment camps (www.ushistory.org). The federal government gave many different reasons as to why the internment of American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II was justifiable. Although their reasons may seem valid considering the circumstances of World War II‚ they were not. The internment was an unjustifiable violation
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the Japanese army on Pearl Harbor in 1941‚ Canada and the United States felt very threatened. The two countries were unsure about what the enemy was planning‚ and they wanted to protect their citizens from any future attacks. As a result of this‚ the Canadian government started to view their Japanese citizens as a threat to national security. As the war progressed‚ the government eventually decided to confine all Japanese-Canadians to British Columbia until the fighting was over. The Japanese had
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Despite the question of morality raised by the japanese internment camps‚ the United States government was completely justified in the relocation of the japanese-American citizens given the situation the entire country was placed in during World War II. Critics of the japanese interment must take into consideration the dire position the United States was caught in after the bombing of Pearl Harbor had recently taken place. A number of Japanese-Americans located on the west coast were later discovered
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by the Japanese. This led to the wrongful and unjust internment of innocent Japanese Americans. Families were split and torn apart‚ business were let go‚ and homes were lost. All because “Americans” were afraid and made wrong judgments and let emotions play into their decisions. Americans believed that Japanese Americans were dangerous. For example a quote from Congressman Rankin states‚ “These Japs who had been here for generations were making signs‚ if you please‚ guiding the Japanese planes
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The decision to imprison Japanese Americans was a popular one in 1942. It was supported not only by the government‚ but it was also called for by the press and the people. In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ on December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan was the enemy. Many Americans believed that people of Japanese Ancestry were potential spies and saboteurs‚ intent on helping their mother country to win World War II. "The Japanese race is an enemy race‚" General John DeWitt‚ head of the Western
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