PPT-War in the Pacific: Japanese-Canadian Internment

amp The Atomic Bombs Internment Camps War Measures Act waiving of habeas corpus and right to trial bans on political and religious groups restrictions of free speech confiscation of property and. 1. ) Just . 10 weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the War Department to designate “military areas” as “exclusion zones” where citizens could be forcibly removed. It was carefully worded and made no specific reference to Japanese-Americans, but the intention of the order became clear when military officials were announced that all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast would be relocated to internment camps for the duration of the war. . In your opinion, was the internment of Japanese-Americans justified? Why or why not?. Did President Roosevelt break the law? Explain.. Do you feel that the Japanese-Americans were victims of Racism?. 5. th. . Grade. Japanese Internment Camps. In . 1942, . over 127,000 people were forced to leave their homes and go to the . J. apanese internment camps.. The camps were built in . unbearably . hot places, such as deserts and California, to torture the . S. Todd. CHC 2DI. Treatment of Japanese Canadians. Prejudice. -an . anfavourable. attitude formed without fairly examining the facts. Discrimination. -an unfair difference in the treatment of people. Bullet 4 - . Treatment of Japanese Americans, Japanese Latin Americans and Japanese Canadians . Treatment of Japanese Americans. Anti-Japanese . feeling from most, but not all Americans took place after that Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. America’s Humiliation: Japanese Internment Camps. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration (May 3, 1942). Freedom. Responsibility, and Justice. Page 181-182. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 5. Events and Ideas #4. Unit 5. Essential Question. Was Japanese interment just during a time of war. ? Why or why not?. Compare and contrast life during WWII to life today.. Contains . these Videos:. Episode #35 – . 3.24.17. Timeline. Review the major events of Japanese-American internment & . talk with . your row. :. What do you know about Japanese-American internment?. What surprises you about the timeline?. Background. In the hours immediately following December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt signed Presidential Proclamations 2525, 2526, and 2527 under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act. . http://www.internmentarchives.com/specialreports/smithsonian/smithsonian10.php. On DECEMBER 7, 1941. Japanese Planes Attacked US ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. . Many people in the US had no idea where . Pearl Harbor was on the map. . ROOSEVELT called the Attack on Pearl Harbor a DASTARDLY ATTACK . Japanese-Americans . during WWII. FDR orders the relocation of people of Japanese descent from the west coast to temporary camps in the interior of the country for national security. .. Over 120,000 people were imprisoned . Are racial stereotypes essential for our protection, or an example of our ignorance? . Japanese American Internment. Background Details. Executive Order 9066. Issued by FDR in February 1942. Relocated nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans – 62% of whom were American citizens. Americans in. WWII. Primary Source Analysis. in·tern·ment.  . n. .. . 1. . The act of interning or confining, especially in wartime.. 2. . The state of being interned; confinement. Public notices were posted announcing that all Japanese Americans – even those with as little as 1/16th Japanese blood – had 48 hours to sell their property and possessions and gather at assembly points. . On . February 19, 1942, Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. . -120,000 . people of Japanese descent living in the US . were removed. from . their homes . and placed in interment . . camps.