Japan wanted to immobilize U.S.'... The United States responded by creating Japanese-American Internment Camps, which uprooted tens of thousands of Japanese-American families. ... Tension between Japan and the United States started in 1931. ... Japanese government saw this move as a threat to Japan's survival because Japan doesn't have many natural resources. ... Some people think that Japanese American Internment Camps came about because the government was motivated by racial prejudice because of the attack, and I think that could be a big reason. ...

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Roosevelt declared war against Japan. ... On August 8th, 1945, the Soviets invaded Japan. ... Still the Japanese refused to surrender. ... Still the Japanese refused to surrender. ... On August 10, 1945, the Japanese government offered to accept the terms of the Postdam Declaration as long as it did not comprise any demand, which prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as a Sovereign Ruler. ...

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This caused Japan to see United States as a target. ... The Japanese leaders apparently ignored the ultimatum. ... It was August 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, when the Japanese government did not surrender, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki . ... The citizens of Nagasaki were very surprised because the Japanese government tried to minimize knowledge of the extent of damage to Hiroshima. The Japanese government told the people of Japan that it was a "special-type bomb." ...

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In this paper I intend to prove that the actions of the U.S. government provoked and did not stop the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Our government was looking for a way into the war that didn't anger the American people. ... In Japan, Mr. ... The Japanese were very smart in this attack. ... Yet, President Roosevelt and the U.S. government did nothing until one hour after the attack and telegram was received stating possible attack is evident. ...

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One negative consequence was the creation of Japanese internment camps. Since the Japanese were the one's responsible for the bombing of Pearl Harbor and were one of the allie's enemies, Japanese living in America were prejudged. The government accused many American-Asians of spying and conspiring with Japan. ... The government translated them to private communities, which were distanced from American civilization. ... Although there was n direct violence, it was still traumatizing to be "kidnapped" by the government, as most Japanese-Americans were. ...

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However, the federal government did not allow many of these laws to pass. During the World War I, the anti-Japanese sentiment diminished slightly when Japan entered the war on the side of the allies. ... DeWitt commenced with random raids of Japanese homes and seized guns, radios, and cameras from Japanese-American homes. ... He justified his treatment of the Japanese by pointing out various groups that taught fencing, jiu-jitsu, and sumo wrestling to Japanese boys. ... It allowed the United States government to start the evacuation of close to 110,000 Japanese-Americans under Executive Or...

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In an attempt to suppress Japan, Roosevelt ordered oil supplies to Japan to be cut off. ... This forces the US government to conduct a recruitment exercise. With such a high demand for servicemen, the US government had to siphon them from the members of the community to make up civil soldiers. ... Japan thought of a strategy to down America. ... Japan incurred the major loss until she had the Japanese army and the Kamikaze as their only defence. ...

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Just like Hitler blamed the German Jews for the defeat of Germany in WWI, Americans came to blame the American Japanese for the defeat of their forces in Pearl Harbor. As there was no evidence of the German Jews activities against their German government also there was no conclusive evidence of even a single American Japanese engaged in betrayal against America. ... The three leaders believed that Fascism was the best type of government. ... Then on December 7, 1941, Japanese B-17 fighter planes attack the U.S. ...

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Moving Cautiously Away from Neutrality Sept 8 1939 Roosevelt calls a specials session of congress to revise Neutrality Acts When they met, Roosevelt proposed a "cash and carry" provision this let other nations buy arms from the US if they paid cash and brought them home on their own ships This would help keep the US out of the war The Axis Threat Summer of 1940 France had fallen, Britain was under siege by German Luftwaffe Sept 1940 Japan, Germany, Italy signed the Tripartite Pact and they became known as the Axis Powers Under the treaty watch country agreed to come to...

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In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. ... "Because the Japanese were very poor in natural resources, its governmental viewed these steps, especially the embargo on oil as a threat to the nation's survival. ... Since the United Sates created an embargo against the Japanese, the Japanese were not worried because they lacked the natural resources provided by the United States. ... The United States was now a target for an attack led by the Japanese. ... The dispute between the natural embargo on Japan by the United States, and the Affairs between Japan a...

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FDR points fingers full of fear at the Japanese Americans in the US. ... On February 19, 1942 Roosevelt had signed Executive order 9066 which forcibly relocated Japanese Americans due to the fear of aiding the Japanese in World War II. ... People may say that Japanese Internment helped us win the war. ... " which shows Japanese Americans picking up a bar of TNT waiting for Japan to signal to fire it off in the United States. ... They should which is why Japanese Internment in America violates the Bill of Rights which first amendment states: Congress shall make no law respecting an estab...

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These post war changes and changes in racial relations were not only restricted to African-Americans, but also Japanese-Americans had a particularly difficult time during and after the war too. ... FDR called Randolph for a meeting, where Randolph made the following three demands: Immediate end to segregation and discrimination in federal government hiring, an end to segregation of the armed forces and government support for an end to discrimination and segregation in all American employment. ... Executive Order 8802 stated that federal government hiring practices would not be affected pr de...

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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor was a total surprise to the United States Military Forces, and to the United States government. ... (Prange, 80) When Japan signed an agreement with Germany and Italy, the United States increased its forces in the Pacific to keep Japan in check. ... Roosevelt appealed to the Japanese Emperor to work for peace. ... The Japanese attacked in two separate waves. ... They put all the Japanese Americans into camps because they thought that they might have been involved with giving information to the Japanese. ...

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Basically, the only ones who were profiting from the war were the businessmen and the government. ... (Zinn, 410) Zinn also points out that Pearl Harbor was "not really sudden or shocking to the American government." ... (Zinn, 411) China provided the U.S. with tin and rubber, and when Japan started to move into China America felt threatened. (Zinn, 410) As a result, the United States cut off Japan's supply of its resources, iron and oil, aware that "these measures were a clear and potent threat to Japan's very existence." ... In WWI, the public fought for something only the gove...

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To understand this we must look at both the people and government's point of view. ... American military Aviation in 1938 was able to produce only 1,800, 300 less than Germany, and 1,400 less than Japan. ... After all let us not forget that the American government is there for the people and that meant that the people's view did play a major role in the declaration of the Neutrality. ... Japan relied on fuel oil and scrap iron until 1941. ... This also led Japan to confront the United States in 1941. ...

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The Importance and Effects of U.S. Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. The 1900's marked the beginning of a drastic change in the economy, communications and technologie...

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To try to understand this we must look both at the people's and the government's point of view. ... For most of the 1930's the United States traded as openly with Germany and Japan, as it did with any other country. Japan relied on fuel oil and scrap iron until 1941. ... On December 6, 1941 the Japanese Air force led a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, completely destroying the port. ... This misconception also led Japan to confront the United States in 1941. ...

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Fortunately, by using his knowledge in history and government, he was finally recognized and appointed to two important committees. Finally, the government finished their investigations, revealing no signs of wrongdoing. ... Next, he issued the Potsdam Declaration to Japan, looking for their surrender in exchange. When Japan refused, Truman authorized the drop of the bomb on Hiroshima, then Nagasaki. Japan's casualties were immense and they had no choice but to surrender. ...

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The American people were unable to help themselves so they turned to the government. ... The new deal included the creation of many new government agencies one of the most famous was social security. ... It wasn't until the empire of Japan maliciously raided and attacked the United States that president Roosevelt felt we had to retaliate. Immediately following the Japanese attack on December 7th 1941 president Roosevelt asked the congress to declare a state of war....

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The U.S. government established the top secret Manhattan Project in 1942 to develop an atomic device. ... It missed its mark but still had a devastating effect on Nagasaki causing an unconditional surrender by the Japanese. ... After the first bomb was dropped, the Japanese did not surrender so a second bomb was dropped. ... Finally the Japanese surrendered and the madness was stopped. ... The U.S. government established the top secret Manhattan Project in 1942 to develop an atomic device. ...

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Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt moved ahead with the dual policy of building up U.S. defenses while giving assistance to those countries resisting the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to transfer to victims of aggression, as much military equipment, clothing, and food as could be produced in the United States and acquired by the government. ... He was convinced that the security of the United States depended on the defeat of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... During and after the mid 60's a distrust in the American ...

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The government they had put their faith in had let them down and they were crushed. ... Roosevelt had in fact spoken what was realized later down the road eight years later when the Japanese army attacked The Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 which brought the United States into the Second World War. ... The way to restore confidence in the businessmen was by deficit spending by the government, and that was done by the US government placing orders with private businesses and guarantying their profits. ... Soon Britain and the Soviet Union got engaged against the combined forces of Germany, Ital...

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Many people had to depend on the government or charity to provide them with food. ... Roosevelt's reforms gave the government more power and helped people get through the depression. ... The depression caused some nations to change their leaders and their types of government. The poor economic conditions of these times led to the rise of the German dictator Adolph Hitler and to the Japanese invasion of China.The Great Depression was known as the worst and longest economic collapse in the history of the United States. ... Depression makes some people lose there faith in government which th...

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He gained national exposure in his second term as the chairman of the Senate Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program and his opposition to corruption in government operations, while remaining loyal to Roosevelt. ... Some of the tasks included the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and approving the surrender of the Japanese government. ...

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One of the first triumphs for African Americans was on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Memory). ... Miller also manned an antiaircraft machine gun, downing several Japanese planes before being ordered to abandon the sinking ship (Memory). ... During World War civil rights groups pressed the government to provide training for black pilots on an equal basis with whites (Memory). ... Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, stating that there should be "no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, or nat...

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