Native Americans and Japanese Americans were both greatly affected by wartime beliefs of the 1940s. ... The first person is Jeanne Wakatsuki, a second generation Japanese American. ... Propaganda against the Japanese flooded American media. ... The midpoint of the war was the lowest time for Japanese Americans. ... Not only did white America not want any part of Japanese Americans, many Japanese Americans did not forgive the U.S. for its actions against them during the war. ...

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Both attacks were turning points in American history; they had and will have profound effects on life after them. ... Another reason is that for years before the attack, a feeling of isolation and thoughts that the United States need not interfere in European matters presided over the minds of many Americans. ... It was theorized by some of Roosevelt's staff, however, that realistically, they did this to get ever so closer to the American outpost at Pearl Harbor, to gain a strategic area that would be very instrumental if Japan ever decided to expand towards the Hawaiian Islands and other...

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On December 7, 1941, the Japanese led their first attack on American soil by bombing the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... Following this, General Tojo Hideki became Japan's leader in mid-October of that same year. He then secretly set November 29 as the last day in which Japan would accept a settlement without war (Pearl 1). ... The first wave of the Japanese fleet had left behind only 6 aircraft carriers. In the two waves of terror lasting almost two hours, Japan had killed or wounded over 3,500 Americans and sank or badly damaged 18 ships (Pearl 2). ...

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