1. Mass Evacuation
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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