Before the war, there were 120,000 Japanese Americans living U.S. without any problems. However, the attack on Pearl Harbor had left a lasting fear in Americans’ mind. People were afraid of another similar attack, and became suspicious with the Japanese who live in U.S. The rumors of Japanese poisoning vegetables rose and became believable to the people. The Government’s response to the public’s fear is putting all the Japanese into concentration camps. Even Japanese who were born in U.S. or married to Caucasians were also taken to camp.
The interment started in Hawaii. Since 37% of Hawaii’s population is Japanese, it’s economy was greatly affected. However, the operation was continued despite Delos Emmons’s protest. In 1942, February 9th Roosevelt extended the order to California, Washington, Oregon and Arizona.
The U.S. confined approximately 120,000 Japanese who were loyal to the U.S. The reasons used to Justify the actions was for war and precaution. It’s not until 1965 that U.S. government agreed to compensate for the Japanese loses in property. But the money was only worth 10% of the property actual lost.
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