In 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. This started the war in Japan, which lead to the bombings of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. It caused hatred for Japanese people not only in Japan, but also in the United States. The differences in culture didn't help very much either.
Japanese people all over the United States were discriminated against. There had been anti-immigration attitudes in the past, but this was a lot worse. They were sent to internment camps where they were separated from their families and friends for long periods of time. They had to leave their homes and businesses to live in other in far away places. Sometimes in other states. These internment camps were uncomfortable, and cramped. Most of them were on the West Coast because of it's proximity to Japan.
Newspapers at the time were full of propaganda. These internment camps were said to be necessary. They rationalized everything they did in the newspaper. Because people didn't really like Japanese people, they didn't mind too much.
Regardless of everything they went through, a lot of Japanese people were still proud to be American. They were still loyal as ever, and some of them fought for the US in WWII.
I thought this told a very accurate account of the Japanese internment camps and how people were put in. The map was a good addition. To improve it a little you could have talked more about the actual camps and what took place in them.
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