Japanese American Internment Camps

Which is a way that the Japanese people resisted and fought against their internment?

• They tried to make life as nice as possible in the conditions they had. They started schools, sports teams, art groups, and grew gardens.

• They sold their homes and businesses. They gave away their belongings and even their pets. They refused to sell these items to Americans.

• They had poor schools and medical care so they all stayed sick and cost the government a lot of money in medicine.

Using the dates in the reading, place these events in the order that they happened.

(oldest event first)

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

• Japanese Americans were allowed to join the army.

• The United States entered World War II.

• Japanese Americans had to register with the WRA and were taken to internment camps.

• President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066

More than half of the people placed into the internment camps where actually American born citizens. Their parents were immigrants but they were not.

• True

• False

Using the map and the reading, what area of the United States was affected by Executive Order 9066?

• The East

• The South

• The North

• The West

Korematsu v. United States ruled in favor of internment camps by arguing that......

• national security was more important than civil rights.

• having men in the military to fight was more important than keeping them in internment camps.

• the people were given everything they needed to survive.

• paying them $20,000 made up for their mistake.

The government stated they were wrong and apologized for placing Japanese Americans in internment camps. They blamed what three things for their wrongdoings?

• racism

• war fear

• poor leadership

• military costs

• government funds

Japanese American men were eventually allowed to join the military and fight for the United States during WWII. If they fought in the military, their family would be allowed to leave the internment camp and return home.

• True

• False

Using dates in the reading and math, how many years were Japanese Americans forced to live in internment camps?

(use a number not the written out word)