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Japanese Internment Camps

World War II:U.S. Involvement

Internment Camp Internment Camp - relocation area in which residents are not allowed to leave Why are citizens placed in internment camps?

FDR - “apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as aliens enemies.”

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Internment Camps Did the Japanese living in the U.S. show any signs of disloyalty?

Japanese = American citizens who had not broken any laws nor shown any signs of disloyalty

What led to internment of Japanese Americans? Racism and hysteria

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Internment Camps

Japanese Internment Camps and relocation centers were found primarily on the West Coast

Relocation Centers were also in Texas and Arkansas Jerome, Arkansas

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Internment Camps

Seabrook Farms - largest producers of frozen vegetables in U.S. Internment camp / work camp Largest farm in New Jersey (17 sq. miles)

After war was over the Japanese were allowed to leave internment camps, but they had no place to go

Recruited to work on farm and got a place to stay

Japanese workers: $.50/hour; 1 day off every two weeks

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Internment Camps Internment of Germans and Italians began before the U.S. even entered the war

ABC Lists A - Dangerous Alien B - Potentially Dangerous C - Pro-Axis Sympathizer

Largely based on guilty by association rather than on individual investigations

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